2009 Skoda Fabia: MOT pass rate and reliability

65.7% of 2009 Skoda Fabias pass the MOT first time, measured across 13,736 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 90,868 miles.

How the 2009 compares

  • Against all Skoda Fabias (75.6%, 230,976 tests): -9.9 points
  • Against all 2009 cars (66.1%): -0.4 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Skoda Fabia 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 Skoda Fabia:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2000 62.9% 315 90,184
2001 63.6% 1,358 104,900
2002 61.3% 1,841 104,879
2003 59.4% 2,785 103,145
2004 60.5% 4,340 111,937
2005 61.3% 6,093 110,219
2006 60.1% 7,446 107,035
2007 62.8% 8,954 104,475
2008 61.4% 10,786 101,324
2009 65.7% 13,736 90,868
2010 70.8% 11,024 90,644
2011 72% 12,100 88,873
2012 74% 13,989 84,738
2013 76.8% 18,714 75,765
2014 78.6% 14,810 68,732
2015 80.2% 17,920 60,520
2016 79.7% 19,352 55,827
2017 81.4% 18,129 49,187
2018 84% 16,830 40,723
2019 88.3% 14,747 33,233
2020 89.4% 8,818 27,659
2021 90.2% 6,864 23,391

What this means if you are buying a 2009 Fabia

The 2009 is a weaker year for this model, passing 9.9 points less often than the Skoda Fabia 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 Skoda Fabia the average at test was 90,868 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 2021 at 90.2%, and the weakest in our data is 2003 at 59.4%. That 30.8 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2009 car against a newer one tells you very little.

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