MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Lexus IS250 MOT pass rate
The Lexus IS250 passed 79.71% of its 9,054 initial MOT tests in 2025 — above the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 2.4 percentage points better than average.
How the Lexus IS250 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 IS250 grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6–10 years | 2 | 100% |
| 11 years and over | 9,052 | 79.71% |
Why the Lexus IS250 fails its MOT
Across every Lexus IS250 that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, accounting for 28.35% 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 | 28.35% | 1,389 |
| Brakes | 21.86% | 1,071 |
| Tyres | 14.96% | 733 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 10.33% | 506 |
| Suspension | 9.2% | 451 |
| Visibility | 5.35% | 262 |
How the Lexus IS250 compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Lexus IS250 sits 326th of 651 models in this data , and 11th of the 16 Lexus models covered . Lexus as a whole averaged 88.42%, so this model runs 8.7 points behind its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Lexus IS250
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Lexus IS250 came to its 2025 test at 105,790 miles and 16.9 years old. Most examples tested were petrol.
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 IS250
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 RX450H 81.07% pass rate · 6,820 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- Volkswagen Golf 79.21% pass rate
- Toyota Yaris 80.34% pass rate
- Audi A3 79.9% pass rate
- Honda Jazz 80.64% pass rate
- Kia Sportage 80.57% pass rate
- Hyundai I10 79.04% 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.