2009 Skoda Yeti: MOT pass rate and reliability

68.9% of 2009 Skoda Yetis pass the MOT first time, measured across 546 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 114,573 miles.

How the 2009 compares

  • Against all Skoda Yetis (80.6%, 75,754 tests): -11.7 points
  • Against all 2009 cars (66.1%): +2.8 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Skoda Yeti 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 Yeti:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2009 68.9% 546 114,573
2010 68.6% 3,714 106,543
2011 72% 5,197 100,511
2012 73.4% 6,651 97,324
2013 77.6% 10,287 87,037
2014 80.6% 12,256 75,987
2015 82.7% 12,631 67,698
2016 85% 13,185 57,447
2017 88.6% 11,242 48,895

What this means if you are buying a 2009 Yeti

The 2009 is a weaker year for this model, passing 11.7 points less often than the Skoda Yeti 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 high mileage, so timing belts, clutches, suspension bushes and corrosion are the items worth budgeting for rather than the MOT itself. On a 2009 Skoda Yeti the average at test was 114,573 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 2017 at 88.6%, and the weakest in our data is 2010 at 68.6%. That 20.0 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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