4,881 tests in 2025
Lexus Is200 reliability and MOT pass rate
74.1% passed first time. The 25.9% fail rate is 3.3 points worse than the all-car average, on a median example 22 years old with 113,942 miles.
Pass rate
74.1%
22.6% of all cars failed; 25.9% of these did.
Fixed on the day
7.6%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
113,942 mi
22 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 0 | — |
| 6-9 years | 1 | — |
| 10-13 years | 82 | — |
| 14+ years | 4,798 | 26.1% |
What the Is200 fails on
Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.
- Suspension50 dangerous47.2%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment5 dangerous38.6%
- Brakes134 dangerous28.1%
- Tyres337 dangerous23.9%
- Body, chassis, structure17 dangerous17.6%
- Visibility1 dangerous16%
- Noise, emissions and leaks2 dangerous15.8%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems4 dangerous8.7%
Is the Is200 getting worse?
The fail rate fell 1.1 points to 25.9% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 3 years, which is about what ageing alone predicts (-1.2 points). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7,908 | 19 | 27% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 6,809 | 20 | 27.1% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 5,289 | 21 | 27.4% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 4,856 | 22 | 25.9% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Is200 at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Is200 in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength218 tests
- 2Position lamp: not working181 tests
- 3Coil spring: fractured or broken138 tests
- 4Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect117 tests
- 5Ball joint: ball joint excessively worn101 tests
- 6Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm100 tests
- 7Service brake performance: excessively binding86 tests
- 8Prescribed areas: prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced80 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Is200 collects 3.24 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm813 tests
- 2Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened560 tests
- 3Engine oil leaks: leaking excessively from engine506 tests
- 4Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn425 tests
- 5Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure379 tests
- 6Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick363 tests
- 7Sub-frame: corroded and seriously weakened352 tests
- 8Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded320 tests
Questions
What is the Lexus Is200 MOT pass rate?
74.1% of the 4,881 Lexus Is200 first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 25.9% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 7.6% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Lexus Is200 usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength", recorded on 218 failed tests, followed by "Position lamp: not working" and "Coil spring: fractured or broken". By section, suspension appears in 47.2% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 38.6% of failures, brakes appears in 28.1% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was n/a%; at 14+ years it was 26.1%. The median Lexus Is200 tested in 2025 was 22 years old with 113,942 miles.
Is the Lexus Is200 getting less reliable?
The fail rate fell 1.1 points to 25.9% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 3 years, which is about what ageing alone predicts (-1.2 points). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.
First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Is200 trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
Other Lexus models
Checking a particular Is200?
The odds above are the model. The car in front of you has its own record: every test, every advisory, the mileage at each one.
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