MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Lexus IS220 MOT pass rate
The Lexus IS220 passed 75.65% of its 3,602 initial MOT tests in 2025 — below the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 1.6 percentage points worse than average.
How the Lexus IS220 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 IS220 grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 11 years and over | 3,602 | 75.65% |
Why the Lexus IS220 fails its MOT
Across every Lexus IS220 that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, accounting for 31.63% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 31.63% | 811 |
| Brakes | 26.64% | 683 |
| Tyres | 14.74% | 378 |
| Suspension | 9.75% | 250 |
| Visibility | 5.46% | 140 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 4.41% | 113 |
How the Lexus IS220 compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Lexus IS220 sits 415th of 651 models in this data , and 14th of the 16 Lexus models covered . Lexus as a whole averaged 88.42%, so this model runs 12.8 points behind its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Lexus IS220
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Lexus IS220 came to its 2025 test at 127,665 miles and 16.9 years old. Most examples tested were diesel.
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 IS220
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 IS 89.99% pass rate · 12,888 tests
- Lexus IS250 79.71% pass rate · 9,054 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- Ford Focus 74.62% pass rate
- Ford Transit 74.63% pass rate
- Nissan Juke 74.48% pass rate
- Citroen C3 74.75% pass rate
- Skoda Fabia 75.71% pass rate
- Kia Picanto 76.85% 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.