Pass rate
94.3%
Above average — 18.4 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 106 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £39–£111
2011 Lexus Is F MOT pass rate
- 2011
- typical 62,691 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
35.4% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2011 94.3% pass · this year
- Avoid 2010 89.7% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 4.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 94.0%
- Typical mileage
- 63k mi
The 2011 Lexus Is F MOT pass rate is 94.3% of its MOT tests — 18.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 35.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Lexus Is F does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.8× the national share
Tyres make up 35.4% of everything recorded on the 2011 Lexus Is F, against 19.8% nationally — 15.6 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 75.9% and this one manages 94.3% — 18.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 106 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2011 Lexus Is F compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 18.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 94.0%. The median 2011 Lexus Is F in this dataset had covered 62,691 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 93.8% of the time, April–September 95.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp lens slightly defective", noted on 3.77% of tests.
- 106 recorded tests behind this page.
- 94.3% overall pass rate, 94.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Lexus Is F, the average is 90.9% — best year 2011 (94.3%), worst 2010 (89.7%).
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
- 106
- Typical mileage (median)
- 62,691 mi
- Make and model
- Lexus Is F
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Is F MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 83% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Is F
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 19 | 94.7% |
| West Midlands | 19 | 89.5% |
| South East | 17 | 94.1% |
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 2011 Is F
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 2011 Is F
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 3.8% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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 2.8% 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 exhaust and emissions 0.9% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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 2011 Is F through its MOT
Across the 9 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £39–£111 — and 36% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 9 common items
- £39–£111
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp missing
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated,
- £120–£300
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 67%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 36%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 106 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 F, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2008 to 2011. Across them the pass rate runs from 89.7% to 94.3% — a spread of 4.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2008 90.6% catalyst emissions lambda reading…
- 2009 89.8% battery(ies) insecure but not…
- 2010 89.7% battery(ies) insecure but not…
- 2011 94.3%headlamp lens slightly defective
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 2011 Lexus Is F 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 2011 cars with a similar record
- Porsche 911 93.4%
- Porsche Boxster 91.5%
- BMW M3 90.9%
- Audi A8 90.3%
- Honda Fit 86.9%
- Porsche Cayenne 86.8%
Closest pass rates among 2011 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 2011 Lexus Is F 9 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 65 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 | 23 | 35.40% | 19.76% | +15.64 |
| Brakes | 17 | 26.20% | 20.89% | +5.31 |
| Suspension | 6 | 9.20% | 20.98% | −11.78 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 6 | 9.20% | 12.21% | −3.01 |
| Visibility | 3 | 4.60% | 4.97% | −0.37 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 4.60% | 1.76% | +2.84 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 3.10% | 5.57% | −2.47 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 3.10% | 4.18% | −1.08 |
| Steering | 2 | 3.10% | 2.57% | +0.53 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 1.50% | 5.52% | −4.02 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.8% | £5–25 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.8% | £80–200 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.94% | £60–250 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 0.94% | £25–65 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.94% | £45–95 |
| Rear fog lamp missing Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.94% | £3–15 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 0.94% | £20–80 |
| Steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 0.94% | £120–300 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 0.94% | £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 | 11.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.5% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.7% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.7% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 2.8% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.8% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 7 | 100.0% | 16,807 mi |
| 30-60k | 35 | 91.4% | 49,977 mi |
| 60-90k | 43 | 93.0% | 71,362 mi |
| 90-120k | 17 | 100.0% | 101,217 mi |
| 120k+ | 4 | 100.0% | 131,173 mi |
Source: 106 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.
2011 Is F MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 Lexus Is F?
94.3% of the 106 2011 Lexus Is F tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 94.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 Lexus Is F?
The three most recorded items are headlamp lens slightly defective (3.77%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.83%), catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (0.94%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 Lexus Is F MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 Lexus Is F in this dataset had covered 62,691 mi.
Does the season affect the 2011 Lexus Is F MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 93.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 95.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.