Lexus RX MOT pass rate, common failures and mileage
In 2023, 94.7% of 13,385 MOT tests on the Lexus RX ended in a pass, 18.2 points above the 76.5% average for all cars. Comparing like for like at ages 3 to 10, it passed 93.9% against 82.0%.
Pass rate and mileage by age
Each row covers the Lexus RX MOT tests at that age. Mileage shows the median and the middle half of odometer readings, from the 25th to the 75th percentile.
| Age | Pass rate | Mileage |
|---|---|---|
| 21,391 tests | 97.1% | 21,000 · 15k to 29k |
| 32,012 tests | 96.9% | 27,000 · 19k to 35k |
| 42,022 tests | 95.7% | 33,000 · 25k to 43k |
| 51,757 tests | 96.1% | 43,000 · 31k to 53k |
| 62,096 tests | 94.8% | 49,000 · 37k to 65k |
| 71,618 tests | 93.1% | 57,000 · 43k to 71k |
| 81,494 tests | 90.8% | 67,000 · 51k to 85k |
| 9937 tests | 90.4% | 73,000 · 57k to 93k |
Most common MOT failures and advisories
How often each item came up, per 100 MOT tests on the Lexus RX. Advisories are things the tester noted that did not fail the car, often wear that will need attention soon. Follow an item to see what it means and how serious it is.
Failures
Advisories and minor defects
What to check on a used RX
The parts that come up most often in Lexus RX MOTs, and how to look at them on a viewing.
- Suspension and steering jointsListen for knocks over bumps and at full lock, and ask whether any suspension or steering joints have been replaced.
- Brake discs and padsAsk when the discs and pads were last replaced, and look through the wheel for a raised lip on the edge of the disc.
- TyresCheck the tread across the full width of every tyre, including the inner edge, and look for cuts and bulges in the sidewalls.
- Wipers, washers and windscreenRun the wipers and washers, and look for chips or cracks in the windscreen, above all in front of the driver.
- Number platesCheck the plates are clean, legal and match the registration on the V5C logbook.
Check a specific RX
Fleet averages only go so far. Enter the registration to see that car's own MOT history, mileage record and current condition, free.
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Other Lexus models
Overall MOT pass rate in 2023. Compare all Lexus models or see every make.
How these figures are made. We counted every initial MOT test (not retests) of cars and light vans in Great Britain in 2023 from the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 33,842,940 tests in all. Pass rate is the share of initial tests that ended in a pass, counting faults fixed during the test. Age is whole years from first registration to the test, so a car having its first MOT a few weeks early counts as 2.
Like-for-like pass rates average each model's pass rate at ages 3 to 10 with the same age mix for every model, so a model is not flattered by a young fleet or penalised by an old one. Models are grouped by the first word of the DVSA model name, and names that cover several models are left out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RegTail's analysis of the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 2023 tests.