Lexus Is — reliability by registration year

2001–2020 · 20 registration years · 32,314 first tests

2016 breaks the run — 2.5 pp worse than the years either side

Registration years

First-attempt MOT results for every Is registration year with at least 500 first tests in 2025. Pass rates rise with newer cars, so read a year against its neighbours rather than against the top of the table. Years without their own report are listed here with the same figures.

Lexus Is first-attempt MOT results by registration year
Year First tests First-attempt pass Incl. PRS Most common failure
2020 516 91.7% 94.8%
2019 1,075 89.2% 92.3%
2018 1,338 90.9% 93.1%
2017 1,457 89.6% 91.4%
2016 1,827 85.1% 88.4% Tyres — Condition (rear) 23.2%
2.5 pp worse than the years either side What failed 2016 Iss most often: Tyres — Condition (rear) (23.2%)
2015 2,603 85.6% 88.7% Tyres — Condition (rear) 22.5%
2014 2,925 84.7% 88.2% Tyres — Condition (rear) 18.1%
2013 1,609 83.3% 86.1%
2012 855 82.5% 84.9%
2011 1,397 78.2% 83.0% Position lamp (front) 17.4%
2010 2,076 74.5% 80.3% Position lamp (front) 18.0%
2009 2,138 73.2% 78.6% Position lamp (front) 18.0%
2008 2,328 73.8% 80.2% Position lamp (front) 21.4%
2007 2,839 69.6% 76.7% Position lamp (front) 20.7%
2006 2,272 68.5% 75.5% Position lamp (front) 19.4%
2005 1,295 65.6% 73.1% Position lamp (front) 17.3%
2004 1,218 65.0% 73.2% Position lamp (front) 15.5%
2003 1,069 65.8% 75.3% Position lamp (front) 15.8%
2002 864 66.4% 74.1%
2001 613 71.0% 77.0%

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