MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Lexus IS MOT pass rate
The Lexus IS passed 89.99% of its 12,888 initial MOT tests in 2025 — above the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 12.7 percentage points better than average.
How the Lexus IS holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the Lexus IS grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 604 | 94.54% |
| 6–10 years | 8,874 | 90.49% |
| 11 years and over | 3,410 | 87.89% |
The Lexus IS loses 6.7 percentage points between its early years and the 11-plus bracket — a normal pattern for a car of this age, but still worth checking the individual history.
Why the Lexus IS fails its MOT
Across every Lexus IS that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was tyres, accounting for 46.11% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 46.11% | 1,031 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 19.59% | 438 |
| Brakes | 15.21% | 340 |
| Visibility | 8.77% | 196 |
| Suspension | 4.74% | 106 |
| Road Wheels | 1.61% | 36 |
| Brakes | 26.47% | 108 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 25% | 102 |
| Tyres | 15.69% | 64 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 10.05% | 41 |
| Suspension | 8.82% | 36 |
| Visibility | 6.37% | 26 |
How the Lexus IS compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Lexus IS sits 97th of 651 models in this data , and 7th of the 16 Lexus models covered . Lexus as a whole averaged 88.42%, so this model runs 1.6 points ahead of its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Lexus IS
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Lexus IS came to its 2025 test at 85,134 miles and 9 years old. Most examples tested were hybrid electric.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific Lexus IS
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
Other Lexus models
- Lexus NX 93.11% pass rate · 30,944 tests
- Lexus CT 87.9% pass rate · 30,445 tests
- Lexus RX 93.47% pass rate · 17,960 tests
- Lexus UX 96.13% pass rate · 15,913 tests
- Lexus IS250 79.71% pass rate · 9,054 tests
- Lexus RX450H 81.07% pass rate · 6,820 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- Kia Niro 91.13% pass rate
- Toyota C-HR 90.73% pass rate
- Suzuki Vitara 89.5% pass rate
- Hyundai Kona 89.77% pass rate
- Skoda Karoq 90.93% pass rate
- Hyundai Ioniq 90.39% pass rate
Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.