Pass rate
90.8%
Above average — 10.6 pts ahead of the 80.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 163 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £44–£103
2014 Lexus Is MOT pass rate
- 2014
- 6 trims combined
- typical 121,424 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
38.6% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2014 90.8% pass · this year
- Avoid 2006 78.7% pass
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 12.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 89.9%
- Typical mileage
- 121k mi
The 2014 Lexus Is MOT pass rate is 90.8% of its MOT tests — 10.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 38.6% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.0× the national share
Tyres make up 38.6% of everything recorded on the 2014 Lexus Is, against 19.8% nationally — 18.8 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- 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 80.2% and this one manages 90.8% — 10.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 10% 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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Every Lexus Is first registered in 2014 is combined here — 6 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2014 Lexus Is compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 80.2%, so this figure is 10.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 89.9%. The median 2014 Lexus Is in this dataset had covered 121,424 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 88.5% of the time, April–September 94.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 3.07% of tests.
- 163 recorded tests behind this page.
- 90.8% overall pass rate, 89.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Lexus Is, the average is 86.0% — best year 2014 (90.8%), worst 2006 (78.7%).
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
- 163
- Typical mileage (median)
- 121,424 mi
- Make and model
- Lexus Is
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Is MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Lexus Is is most common
Across all Is model years on record (2005–2017): 3,896 Lexus Is cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 8,659 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 153 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham (B) | 153 | 91.0% |
| 2 | London (NW) | 120 | 87.8% |
| 3 | London (E) | 109 | 93.1% |
| 4 | Leicester (LE) | 98 | 91.0% |
| 5 | London (SE) | 97 | 91.6% |
| 6 | Croydon (CR) | 84 | 92.1% |
| 7 | Romford (RM) | 82 | 87.2% |
| 8 | Ilford (IG) | 81 | 91.3% |
| 9 | Wembley (HA) | 79 | 89.2% |
| 10 | Hayes (UB) | 78 | 88.7% |
| 11 | Guildford (GU) | 72 | 84.7% |
| 12 | Bradford (BD) | 72 | 90.1% |
| 13 | Manchester (M) | 71 | 81.1% |
| 14 | Hounslow (TW) | 69 | 89.2% |
| 15 | Reading (RG) | 66 | 85.3% |
| 16 | Sheffield (S) | 65 | 87.2% |
| 17 | Coventry (CV) | 63 | 82.8% |
| 18 | London (N) | 60 | 87.6% |
| 19 | Slough (SL) | 59 | 89.7% |
| 20 | Dartford (DA) | 57 | 92.0% |
The twenty areas with the most Lexus Is cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Is
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| London | 60 | 95.0% |
| South East | 46 | 87.0% |
| Yorkshire | 18 | 94.4% |
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 2014 Is
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 2014 Is
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 windscreen 2.5% 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 lights 1.2% of tests
“headlamp not working on dipped beam”
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 tyre tread 1.2% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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 2014 Is through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £44–£103 — and 10% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £44–£103
- Cheapest common item: headlamp not working on dipped beam
- £5–£25
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 10%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 163 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 Is, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2005 to 2017. Across them the pass rate runs from 78.7% to 90.8% — a spread of 12.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2005 85.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2006 78.7% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2007 80.6% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2008 81.7% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2009 84.6% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2010 85.2% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2011 83.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 87.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 88.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 90.8%has a cut in excess of the…
- 2017 87.7% has a cut in excess of the…
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 2014 Lexus Is 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 2014 cars with a similar record
- Toyota Iq 90.5%
- Jaguar Xk 91.2%
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class 90.1%
- BMW M4 90.0%
- Toyota Prius 89.6%
- Jaguar F-Type 92.1%
Closest pass rates among 2014 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 2014 Lexus Is 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 127 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 49 | 38.60% | 19.76% | +18.84 |
| Brakes | 35 | 27.60% | 20.89% | +6.71 |
| Suspension | 12 | 9.40% | 20.98% | −11.58 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 9 | 7.10% | 12.21% | −5.11 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 5.50% | 4.18% | +1.32 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 7 | 5.50% | 1.76% | +3.74 |
| Visibility | 6 | 4.70% | 4.97% | −0.27 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 1.60% | 5.57% | −3.97 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 3.1% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.5% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.2% | £5–25 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 0.61% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 0.61% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.61% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.61% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.61% | £30–80 |
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 | 14.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.4% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 5.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 4.3% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 3.1% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 3.1% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2 | 50.0% | 29,634 mi |
| 30-60k | 6 | 100.0% | 53,737 mi |
| 60-90k | 37 | 89.2% | 75,714 mi |
| 90-120k | 34 | 85.3% | 104,526 mi |
| 120k+ | 81 | 93.8% | 187,849 mi |
Source: 163 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.
2014 Is MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2014 Lexus Is?
90.8% of the 163 2014 Lexus Is tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 80.2% for cars first used in 2014. First-attempt pass rate: 89.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2014 Lexus Is?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (3.07%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.45%), headlamp not working on dipped beam (1.23%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2014 Lexus Is MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 50.0% of the time, falling to 93.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2014 Lexus Is in this dataset had covered 121,424 mi.
Does the season affect the 2014 Lexus Is MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 88.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 94.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.