Pass rate
85.7%
Above average — 11.0 pts ahead of the 74.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 224 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£77
2010 Lexus GS450H MOT pass rate
- 2010
- typical 93,563 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
29.5% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2012 93.9% pass
- Avoid 2006 82.0% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 11.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 83.9%
- Typical mileage
- 94k mi
The 2010 Lexus GS450H MOT pass rate is 85.7% of its MOT tests — 11.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Lexus GS450H does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.4× the national share
Brakes make up 29.5% of everything recorded on the 2010 Lexus Gs450h, against 20.9% nationally — 8.6 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 74.7% and this one manages 85.7% — 11.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 31% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2010 Lexus GS450H compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.7%, so this figure is 11.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 83.9%. The median 2010 Lexus GS450H in this dataset had covered 93,563 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 86.6% of the time, April–September 84.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp aim too low", noted on 2.23% of tests.
- 224 recorded tests behind this page.
- 85.7% overall pass rate, 83.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Lexus GS450H, the average is 84.0% — best year 2012 (93.9%), worst 2006 (82.0%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 224
- Typical mileage (median)
- 93,563 mi
- Make and model
- Lexus GS450H
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Alignment
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the GS450H MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 73% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the GS450H
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 73 | 90.4% |
| London | 27 | 77.8% |
| Yorkshire | 25 | 80.0% |
| West Midlands | 25 | 92.0% |
| North West | 20 | 85.0% |
| South West | 15 | 93.3% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2010 GS450H
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2010 GS450H
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 2.2% of tests
“headlamp aim too low”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the windscreen 2.2% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the shock absorbers 1.8% of tests
“shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak”
Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2010 GS450H through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£77 — and 31% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£77
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 31%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 224 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the GS450H, side by side
6 model years on record, from 2006 to 2012. Across them the pass rate runs from 82.0% to 93.9% — a spread of 11.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 82.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2007 83.3% shock absorbers has a serious…
- 2008 84.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2009 85.8% shock absorbers has a serious…
- 2010 85.7%headlamp aim too low
- 2012 93.9% windscreen damaged but not…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2010 Lexus GS450H with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2010 cars with a similar record
- Toyota Estima 85.9%
- Jaguar Xk 85.5%
- Porsche Cayenne 86.5%
- Nissan 370 Z 86.6%
- BMW Z4 84.8%
- Jaguar Xkr 84.5%
Closest pass rates among 2010 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2010 Lexus GS450H 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 298 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 88 | 29.50% | 20.89% | +8.61 |
| Tyres | 65 | 21.80% | 19.76% | +2.04 |
| Suspension | 55 | 18.50% | 20.98% | −2.48 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 36 | 12.10% | 12.21% | −0.11 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 16 | 5.40% | 5.57% | −0.17 |
| Visibility | 12 | 4.00% | 4.97% | −0.97 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 10 | 3.40% | 1.76% | +1.64 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 8 | 2.70% | 5.52% | −2.82 |
| Non-component advisories | 6 | 2.00% | 4.18% | −2.18 |
| Steering | 2 | 0.70% | 2.57% | −1.87 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.2% | £30–80 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.2% | £80–200 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.8% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.8% | £5–25 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 1.8% | £30–75 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp levelling device inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.3% | £5–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £45–110 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 0.89% | £18–45 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 13.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 13.4% | £45–110 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 9.4% | £30–75 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.6% | £18–45 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 6.7% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.4% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 4 | 100.0% | 27,296 mi |
| 30-60k | 38 | 81.6% | 46,118 mi |
| 60-90k | 66 | 81.8% | 75,883 mi |
| 90-120k | 43 | 88.4% | 105,315 mi |
| 120k+ | 73 | 89.0% | 148,895 mi |
Source: 224 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2010 GS450H MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2010 Lexus GS450H?
85.7% of the 224 2010 Lexus GS450H tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.7% for cars first used in 2010. First-attempt pass rate: 83.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2010 Lexus GS450H?
The three most recorded items are headlamp aim too low (2.23%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.23%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (1.79%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2010 Lexus GS450H MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 89.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2010 Lexus GS450H in this dataset had covered 93,563 mi.
Does the season affect the 2010 Lexus GS450H MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 86.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 84.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.