Pass rate
73.1%
Below average — 0.9 pts behind the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 2,305 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £31–£91
2009 London Taxis Int TX4 MOT pass rate
- 2009
- typical 258,462 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
23.2% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2017 85.4% pass
- Avoid 2008 71.1% pass
Across the 12 years on record, a spread of 14.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 64.6%
- Typical mileage
- 258k mi
The 2009 London Taxis Int TX4 MOT pass rate is 73.1% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how London Taxis Int TX4 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.3× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 12.7% of everything recorded on the 2009 London Taxis Int Tx4, against 5.5% nationally — 7.2 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 23.2%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 15% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2009 London Taxis Int TX4 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 0.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 64.6%. The median 2009 London Taxis Int TX4 in this dataset had covered 258,462 mi.
94% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 72.8% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 72.1% of the time, April–September 74.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn", noted on 6.29% of tests.
- 2,305 recorded tests behind this page.
- 73.1% overall pass rate, 64.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the London Taxis Int TX4, the average is 80.6% — best year 2017 (85.4%), worst 2008 (71.1%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 2,305
- Typical mileage (median)
- 258,462 mi
- Make and model
- London Taxis Int TX4
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Suspension Component
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the TX4 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 52% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (94% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the TX4
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| North West | 821 | 74.2% |
| West Midlands | 651 | 71.4% |
| South East | 216 | 77.8% |
| Scotland | 196 | 74.0% |
| East Midlands | 163 | 74.2% |
| London | 71 | 73.2% |
| East of England | 64 | 65.6% |
| South West | 62 | 58.1% |
| Yorkshire | 42 | 85.7% |
| Wales | 15 | 66.7% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2009 TX4
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2009 TX4
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the suspension joints 6.3% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the lights 2.9% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the windscreen 2.2% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2009 TX4 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £31–£91 — and 15% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £31–£91
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 15%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 2,305 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the TX4, side by side
12 model years on record, from 2006 to 2017. Across them the pass rate runs from 71.1% to 85.4% — a spread of 14.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 71.4% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2007 72.7% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2008 71.1% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2009 73.1%pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2010 73.3% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2011 75.4% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2012 80.5% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2013 83.6% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2014 82.2% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2015 84.2% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2016 84.7% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2017 85.4% pins and bushes pin or bush…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2009 London Taxis Int TX4 with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2009 cars with a similar record
- Citroen C1 73.1%
- Mitsubishi Colt 73.0%
- Fiat Punto 73.0%
- Mitsubishi Shogun 73.0%
- Vauxhall Corsa 73.2%
- Volkswagen Touran 72.9%
Closest pass rates among 2009 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2009 London Taxis Int TX4 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 4,547 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 1,068 | 23.20% | 20.98% | +2.22 |
| Brakes | 945 | 20.50% | 20.89% | −0.39 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 629 | 13.70% | 12.21% | +1.49 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 584 | 12.70% | 5.52% | +7.18 |
| Steering | 440 | 9.60% | 2.57% | +7.03 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 324 | 7.00% | 5.57% | +1.43 |
| Tyres | 288 | 6.30% | 19.76% | −13.46 |
| Visibility | 135 | 2.90% | 4.97% | −2.07 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 78 | 1.70% | 0.82% | +0.88 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 56 | 1.20% | 1.76% | −0.56 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 6.3% | £40–150 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.3% | £18–45 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 4.2% | £45–110 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.9% | £5–20 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 2.9% | £18–45 |
| Prescribed areas prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 2.3% | £40–120 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.3% | £30–80 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.2% | £80–200 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.1% | £25–65 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.9% | £3–12 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 15.7% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 11.0% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 8.5% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.8% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 5.1% | £45–110 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 4.9% | £25–65 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 4 | 100.0% | 15,606 mi |
| 30-60k | 9 | 77.8% | 44,224 mi |
| 60-90k | 25 | 60.0% | 73,483 mi |
| 90-120k | 39 | 76.9% | 104,084 mi |
| 120k+ | 1,497 | 73.6% | 257,968 mi |
Source: 2,305 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2009 TX4 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2009 London Taxis Int TX4?
73.1% of the 2,305 2009 London Taxis Int TX4 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 64.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 London Taxis Int TX4?
The three most recorded items are pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (6.29%), ball joint excessively worn (4.30%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (4.16%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 London Taxis Int TX4 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 73.6% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 London Taxis Int TX4 in this dataset had covered 258,462 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2009 London Taxis Int TX4?
Diesel: 72.8% pass rate across 2,157 tests. LPG: 85.2% pass rate across 81 tests. Other: 69.8% pass rate across 43 tests. Petrol: 70.8% pass rate across 24 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2009 London Taxis Int TX4 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 72.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 74.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.