Lexus MOT failure rates by model
Lexus cars fail 17.6% of MOT tests. Here is every Lexus model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.
What is the MOT failure rate for Lexus cars?
Across 2,976,810 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 17.6% of Lexus cars fail. That is 8.1 points below the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Lexus models below are ranked worst to best by failure rate, each with the failure area it loses most tests to.
| Model | Failure rate | Tests | Top failure area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexus Soarer | 28.5% | 2,260 | Lamps & electrical |
| Lexus Ls400 | 25.2% | 81,892 | Brakes |
| Lexus Is200 | 24.6% | 556,631 | Tyres |
| Lexus Gs300 | 23.1% | 175,949 | Brakes |
| Lexus Is300 | 21.9% | 34,989 | Tyres |
| Lexus Rx300 | 21.0% | 236,668 | Brakes |
| Lexus Gs430 | 20.4% | 15,345 | Brakes |
| Lexus Is220 | 19.3% | 192,569 | Lamps & electrical |
| Lexus Rx350 | 18.9% | 24,812 | Brakes |
| Lexus Rx400 | 18.7% | 20,753 | Brakes |
| Lexus Rx400h | 18.5% | 170,980 | Brakes |
| Lexus Gs450h | 18.5% | 31,865 | Tyres |
| Lexus Sc430 | 17.9% | 47,905 | Tyres |
| Lexus Ls430 | 17.0% | 45,449 | Tyres |
| Lexus Is250 | 16.8% | 214,616 | Tyres |
| Lexus Rx450h | 16.2% | 116,798 | Suspension |
| Lexus Ls460 | 14.4% | 6,822 | Tyres |
| Lexus Ls | 14.0% | 9,509 | Tyres |
| Lexus Ct | 13.3% | 324,511 | Tyres |
| Lexus Is250c | 13.0% | 8,393 | Tyres |
| Lexus Is | 12.9% | 180,983 | Tyres |
| Lexus Ls600h | 11.9% | 7,681 | Tyres |
| Lexus Gs | 11.5% | 42,177 | Tyres |
| Lexus Gs250 | 11.4% | 1,665 | Brakes |
| Lexus Rc | 9.7% | 16,864 | Tyres |
| Lexus Rx | 8.6% | 141,006 | Tyres |
| Lexus Nx | 8.2% | 186,014 | Tyres |
| Lexus Es | 6.1% | 16,282 | Tyres |
| Lexus Lc | 6.1% | 2,812 | Tyres |
| Lexus Ux | 5.8% | 56,190 | Tyres |
Which Lexus fails its MOT most, and which least?
The Lexus Soarer has the highest failure rate at 28.5%, and the Lexus Ux the lowest at 5.8%. A higher rate reflects how old and how hard a model tends to be used as much as how it was built, so the oldest models in the range usually sit near the top.
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Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain