Pass rate
71.4%
Below average — 2.6 pts behind the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,960 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £32–£88
2009 Vauxhall Corsavan MOT pass rate
- 2009
- typical 117,868 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
26.7% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £40–£65 for Shock absorber leaking. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2016 83.7% pass
- Avoid 2002 61.9% pass
Across the 14 years on record, a spread of 21.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 62.2%
- Typical mileage
- 118k mi
The 2009 Vauxhall Corsavan MOT pass rate is 71.4% of its MOT tests — 2.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Vauxhall Corsavan does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 26.7% of everything recorded on the 2009 Vauxhall Corsavan, against 21.0% nationally — 5.7 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.
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 Corsavan compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 2.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 62.2%. The median 2009 Vauxhall Corsavan in this dataset had covered 117,868 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 71.9% of the time, April–September 70.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 9.29% of tests.
- 1,960 recorded tests behind this page.
- 71.4% overall pass rate, 62.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Vauxhall Corsavan, the average is 71.3% — best year 2016 (83.7%), worst 2002 (61.9%).
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
- 1,960
- Typical mileage (median)
- 117,868 mi
- Make and model
- Vauxhall Corsavan
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Corsavan MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 62% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Corsavan
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 349 | 72.2% |
| South West | 294 | 69.4% |
| East of England | 284 | 73.6% |
| Scotland | 179 | 68.2% |
| East Midlands | 178 | 69.1% |
| Yorkshire | 178 | 69.1% |
| Wales | 154 | 69.5% |
| North West | 141 | 73.8% |
| West Midlands | 139 | 75.5% |
| North East | 55 | 81.8% |
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 Corsavan
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 Corsavan
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 lights 9.3% 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.
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Check the coil springs 8.1% 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 5.5% 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 Corsavan through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £32–£88 — and 51% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £32–£88
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: sub-frame corroded
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 51%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,960 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 Corsavan, side by side
14 model years on record, from 2002 to 2017. Across them the pass rate runs from 61.9% to 83.7% — a spread of 21.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 61.9% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2003 68.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2004 69.7% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2005 67.6% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2006 68.9% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2007 70.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 71.1% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2009 71.4%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 72.2% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2011 72.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 73.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 78.7% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2016 83.7% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2017 81.0% track rod end ball joint dust…
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 Corsavan 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
- Volkswagen Polo 71.4%
- Peugeot 206 71.4%
- Volvo V50 71.5%
- Peugeot 407 71.5%
- Kia Soul 71.3%
- Fiat 500 71.2%
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 Corsavan 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 5,019 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 | 1,348 | 26.70% | 20.98% | +5.72 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 895 | 17.70% | 12.21% | +5.49 |
| Tyres | 846 | 16.70% | 19.76% | −3.06 |
| Brakes | 572 | 11.30% | 20.89% | −9.59 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 464 | 9.20% | 5.52% | +3.68 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 321 | 6.30% | 5.57% | +0.73 |
| Visibility | 304 | 6.00% | 4.97% | +1.03 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 112 | 2.20% | 1.76% | +0.44 |
| Non-component advisories | 101 | 2.00% | 4.18% | −2.18 |
| Steering | 56 | 1.10% | 2.57% | −1.47 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 9.3% | £5–20 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 8.1% | £25–65 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.5% | £80–200 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.9% | £5–25 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 3.9% | £30–75 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.3% | £3–12 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.6% | £5–25 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.6% | £3–12 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 2.3% | £80–250 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Major | 2.2% | £180–450 |
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 | 23.0% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 17.1% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 10.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.7% | £45–110 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 7.2% | £30–75 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.8% | £40–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2 | 100.0% | 29,062 mi |
| 30-60k | 89 | 74.2% | 52,528 mi |
| 60-90k | 335 | 73.1% | 78,387 mi |
| 90-120k | 591 | 70.7% | 104,953 mi |
| 120k+ | 934 | 71.0% | 151,251 mi |
Source: 1,960 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 Corsavan MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2009 Vauxhall Corsavan?
71.4% of the 1,960 2009 Vauxhall Corsavan tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 62.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 Vauxhall Corsavan?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (9.29%), coil spring fractured or broken (8.06%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (5.46%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 Vauxhall Corsavan MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 71.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 Vauxhall Corsavan in this dataset had covered 117,868 mi.
Does the season affect the 2009 Vauxhall Corsavan MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 71.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 70.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.