Lexus Rx — reliability by registration year

2004–2022 · 19 registration years · 34,588 first tests

2011 breaks the run — 4.9 pp worse than the years either side

Registration years

First-attempt MOT results for every Rx 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 Rx first-attempt MOT results by registration year
Year First tests First-attempt pass Incl. PRS Most common failure
2022 2,205 95.3% 96.5%
2021 1,596 94.8% 96.3%
2020 1,563 94.6% 96.2%
2019 2,056 94.5% 95.8%
2018 1,646 93.3% 94.7%
2017 1,746 91.0% 93.6%
2016 2,025 91.7% 93.5%
2015 1,211 85.8% 89.3%
2014 1,587 85.4% 88.0%
2013 1,761 85.6% 88.6%
2012 1,665 80.0% 85.1% Position lamp (front) 17.4%
2011 1,692 72.5% 79.4% Position lamp (front) 27.2%
4.9 pp worse than the years either side What failed 2011 Rxs most often: Position lamp (front) (27.2%)
2010 2,378 74.8% 80.7% Position lamp (front) 22.3%
2009 2,215 73.5% 79.9% Position lamp (front) 26.8%
2008 2,256 70.1% 77.3% Position lamp (front) 23.0%
2007 2,534 68.0% 76.0% Position lamp (front) 22.9%
2006 1,978 65.6% 74.9% Position lamp (front) 21.6%
2005 1,567 64.1% 71.5% Position lamp (front) 16.9%
2004 907 67.6% 73.6%

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