Pass rate
69.0%
Below average — 5.0 pts behind the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,863 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £35–£103
2009 Volkswagen Sharan MOT pass rate
- 2009
- typical 133,079 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
31.2% 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 →
11.1 pts down across model years — 13.9% in 2003, 2.8% in 2021.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 91.7% pass
- Avoid 2006 67.0% pass
Across the 23 years on record, a spread of 24.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 58.4%
- Typical mileage
- 133k mi
The 2009 Volkswagen Sharan MOT pass rate is 69.0% of its MOT tests — 5.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 31.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volkswagen Sharan does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.5× the national share
Suspension accounts for 31.2% of everything recorded on the 2009 Volkswagen Sharan, against 21.0% nationally — 10.2 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 74.0%; this one manages 69.0% — 5.0 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 24% 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 Volkswagen Sharan compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 5.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 58.4%. The median 2009 Volkswagen Sharan in this dataset had covered 133,079 mi.
98% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 69.0% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 68.0% of the time, April–September 70.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 9.66% of tests.
- 1,863 recorded tests behind this page.
- 69.0% overall pass rate, 58.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volkswagen Sharan, the average is 83.1% — best year 2019 (91.7%), worst 2006 (67.0%).
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
- 1,863
- Typical mileage (median)
- 133,079 mi
- Make and model
- Volkswagen Sharan
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Sharan MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 59% 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 Sharan
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 400 | 73.5% |
| North West | 250 | 67.6% |
| South West | 201 | 62.7% |
| West Midlands | 195 | 73.8% |
| East of England | 177 | 64.4% |
| Yorkshire | 144 | 72.2% |
| Scotland | 137 | 60.6% |
| East Midlands | 127 | 69.3% |
| North East | 98 | 65.3% |
| London | 72 | 79.2% |
| Wales | 62 | 69.4% |
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 Sharan
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 Sharan
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 9.7% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
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 6.3% of tests
“position lamp not working”
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 3.9% 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.
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 Sharan through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £35–£103 — and 24% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £35–£103
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 24%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,863 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 Sharan, side by side
23 model years on record, from 2000 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.0% to 91.7% — a spread of 24.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 68.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2001 69.8% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2002 68.7% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2003 67.4% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2004 68.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2005 68.2% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2006 67.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2007 67.6% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2008 68.4% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2009 69.0%ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2010 73.1% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2011 78.9% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2012 79.0% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2013 79.3% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2014 81.8% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2015 83.2% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2016 85.8% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2017 87.5% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2018 89.3% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2019 91.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 88.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 88.8% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 85.4% tread depth below requirements of…
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 Volkswagen Sharan 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
- Vauxhall Combo 68.9%
- Hyundai Coupe 68.9%
- Renault Koleos 68.8%
- Renault Clio 68.6%
- Vauxhall Antara 69.4%
- Peugeot 207 69.5%
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 Volkswagen Sharan 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 6,183 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 | 1,976 | 31.20% | 20.98% | +10.22 |
| Brakes | 942 | 14.90% | 20.89% | −5.99 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 748 | 11.80% | 12.21% | −0.41 |
| Tyres | 698 | 11.00% | 19.76% | −8.76 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 586 | 9.20% | 5.57% | +3.63 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 366 | 5.80% | 5.52% | +0.28 |
| Non-component advisories | 238 | 3.80% | 4.18% | −0.38 |
| Visibility | 233 | 3.70% | 4.97% | −1.27 |
| Steering | 223 | 3.50% | 2.57% | +0.93 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 173 | 2.70% | 0.82% | +1.88 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 9.7% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 6.3% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.3% | £5–20 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 5.7% | £40–150 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 5.2% | £80–250 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 4.1% | £45–110 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 3.9% | £25–65 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 3.6% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.6% | £80–200 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.5% | £80–250 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 24.5% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 20.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 13.7% | £45–110 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 12.2% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 8.6% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 6.4% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1 | 100.0% | 1,327 mi |
| 30-60k | 48 | 75.0% | 51,781 mi |
| 60-90k | 217 | 70.0% | 77,453 mi |
| 90-120k | 437 | 70.7% | 105,612 mi |
| 120k+ | 1,144 | 67.7% | 164,565 mi |
Source: 1,863 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 Sharan MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2009 Volkswagen Sharan?
69.0% of the 1,863 2009 Volkswagen Sharan tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 58.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 Volkswagen Sharan?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (9.66%), position lamp not working (6.28%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.28%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 Volkswagen Sharan MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 67.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 Volkswagen Sharan in this dataset had covered 133,079 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2009 Volkswagen Sharan?
Diesel: 69.0% pass rate across 1,818 tests. Petrol: 68.9% pass rate across 45 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2009 Volkswagen Sharan MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 68.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 70.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.