2009 Chevrolet Cruze: MOT pass rate and reliability

67.1% of 2009 Chevrolet Cruzes pass the MOT first time, measured across 234 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 94,216 miles.

How the 2009 compares

  • Against all Chevrolet Cruzes (69.5%, 5,076 tests): -2.4 points
  • Against all 2009 cars (66.1%): +1 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Chevrolet Cruze model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2009 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Chevrolet Cruze:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2009 67.1% 234 94,216
2010 66.6% 608 89,869
2011 70.9% 986 82,850
2012 68.6% 1,496 84,250
2013 69.8% 1,251 84,137
2014 73.5% 479 83,417

What this means if you are buying a 2009 Cruze

The 2009 is a weaker year for this model, passing 2.4 points less often than the Chevrolet Cruze average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2009 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 17-year-old car fails on

A 2009 car is 17 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is above average, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures. On a 2009 Chevrolet Cruze the average at test was 94,216 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2014 at 73.5%, and the weakest in our data is 2010 at 66.6%. That 6.9 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2009 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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