Pass rate
71.8%
Below average — 2.2 pts behind the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,866 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £38–£104
2009 Vauxhall Astravan MOT pass rate
- 2009
- typical 147,466 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
26.3% 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 2012 76.4% pass
- Avoid 2002 60.9% pass
Across the 12 years on record, a spread of 15.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 62.8%
- Typical mileage
- 147k mi
The 2009 Vauxhall Astravan MOT pass rate is 71.8% of its MOT tests — 2.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Vauxhall Astravan does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 26.3% of everything recorded on the 2009 Vauxhall Astravan, against 21.0% nationally — 5.3 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 31% 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 Vauxhall Astravan compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 2.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 62.8%. The median 2009 Vauxhall Astravan in this dataset had covered 147,466 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 98% of tests, with a 71.8% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 72.5% of the time, April–September 70.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 8.95% of tests.
- 1,866 recorded tests behind this page.
- 71.8% overall pass rate, 62.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Vauxhall Astravan, the average is 71.5% — best year 2012 (76.4%), worst 2002 (60.9%).
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
- 1,866
- Typical mileage (median)
- 147,466 mi
- Make and model
- Vauxhall Astravan
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Coil Spring
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Astravan MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 63% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (98% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Astravan
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 391 | 71.9% |
| East of England | 277 | 69.3% |
| South West | 228 | 71.9% |
| West Midlands | 206 | 70.9% |
| North West | 183 | 75.4% |
| Yorkshire | 155 | 76.1% |
| Scotland | 144 | 72.9% |
| East Midlands | 123 | 71.5% |
| Wales | 83 | 63.9% |
| North East | 65 | 69.2% |
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 Astravan
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 Astravan
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 coil springs 8.9% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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Check the windscreen 8.4% 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.
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Check the lights 7.3% 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.
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 Astravan through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £38–£104 — and 31% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £38–£104
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 31%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,866 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 Astravan, side by side
12 model years on record, from 2001 to 2012. Across them the pass rate runs from 60.9% to 76.4% — a spread of 15.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2001 68.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 60.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2003 67.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2004 69.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2005 70.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 71.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 71.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 70.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 71.8%coil spring fractured or broken
- 2010 73.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 75.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 76.4% windscreen damaged but not…
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 Vauxhall Astravan 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
- Renault Twingo 71.8%
- Renault Modus 71.8%
- Volvo C70 71.8%
- Citroen Xsara 71.7%
- Ford Ka 71.9%
- Kia Picanto 71.9%
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 Vauxhall Astravan 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 5,771 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 | 1,549 | 26.30% | 20.98% | +5.32 |
| Brakes | 1,245 | 21.20% | 20.89% | +0.31 |
| Tyres | 848 | 14.40% | 19.76% | −5.36 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 697 | 11.90% | 12.21% | −0.31 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 486 | 8.30% | 5.52% | +2.78 |
| Visibility | 360 | 6.10% | 4.97% | +1.13 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 265 | 4.50% | 5.57% | −1.07 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 134 | 2.30% | 1.76% | +0.54 |
| Non-component advisories | 94 | 1.60% | 4.18% | −2.58 |
| Steering | 93 | 1.60% | 2.57% | −0.97 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 8.9% | £25–65 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 8.4% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.3% | £5–20 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.1% | £60–140 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.6% | £40–150 |
| Horn not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.8% | £8–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.7% | £5–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.5% | £45–110 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 2.5% | £80–250 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.3% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 24.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 21.7% | £45–110 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 16.7% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 14.2% | £80–180 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 13.0% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 10.2% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2 | 100.0% | 7,548 mi |
| 30-60k | 54 | 74.1% | 47,267 mi |
| 60-90k | 132 | 71.2% | 80,031 mi |
| 90-120k | 314 | 71.7% | 107,741 mi |
| 120k+ | 1,356 | 71.8% | 169,977 mi |
Source: 1,866 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 Astravan MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2009 Vauxhall Astravan?
71.8% of the 1,866 2009 Vauxhall Astravan tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 62.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 Vauxhall Astravan?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (8.95%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (8.41%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (7.29%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 Vauxhall Astravan MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 71.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 Vauxhall Astravan in this dataset had covered 147,466 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2009 Vauxhall Astravan?
Diesel: 71.8% pass rate across 1,831 tests. Petrol: 73.3% pass rate across 30 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2009 Vauxhall Astravan MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 72.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 70.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.