Pass rate
78.9%
Around average — 4.9 pts ahead of the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 57 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £31–£82
2009 Lexus IS200 MOT pass rate
- 2009
- typical 108,314 mi
Only 57 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Brakes
25.9% 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 2010 81.1% pass
- Avoid 2007 76.5% pass
Across the 13 years on record, a spread of 4.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 73.9%
- Typical mileage
- 108k mi
The 2009 Lexus IS200 MOT pass rate is 78.9% of its MOT tests — 4.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.9% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with suspension
Suspension is 10.4% of this car’s recorded faults, against 21.0% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- 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 74.0% and this one manages 78.9% — 4.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 57 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 2009 Lexus IS200 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 4.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 73.9%. The median 2009 Lexus IS200 in this dataset had covered 108,314 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Rear reflectors defective or damaged by up to 50% of the reflecting surface", noted on 7.02% of tests.
- 57 recorded tests behind this page.
- 78.9% overall pass rate, 73.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Lexus IS200, the average is 77.9% — best year 2010 (81.1%), worst 2007 (76.5%).
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
- 57
- Typical mileage (median)
- 108,314 mi
- Make and model
- Lexus IS200
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
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 IS200 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 62% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Lexus IS200 is most common
Across all IS200 model years on record (2000–2012): 9,038 Lexus IS200 cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 20,777 tests. Ipswich (IP) has the most, with 422 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 | Ipswich (IP) | 422 | 60.5% |
| 2 | Birmingham (B) | 292 | 81.3% |
| 3 | London (E) | 210 | 89.6% |
| 4 | Manchester (M) | 176 | 80.5% |
| 5 | Hounslow (TW) | 175 | 86.4% |
| 6 | London (NW) | 174 | 82.5% |
| 7 | Middlesbrough (TS) | 171 | 90.7% |
| 8 | Guildford (GU) | 166 | 81.5% |
| 9 | Cambridge (CB) | 160 | 72.4% |
| 10 | Reading (RG) | 160 | 81.0% |
| 11 | Leicester (LE) | 147 | 81.3% |
| 12 | Sheffield (S) | 146 | 81.8% |
| 13 | Peterborough (PE) | 146 | 78.0% |
| 14 | Croydon (CR) | 144 | 86.9% |
| 15 | London (SE) | 143 | 85.1% |
| 16 | Bristol (BS) | 141 | 74.4% |
| 17 | Blackburn (BB) | 141 | 89.4% |
| 18 | London (N) | 140 | 84.8% |
| 19 | Nottingham (NG) | 137 | 74.6% |
| 20 | Wembley (HA) | 127 | 82.4% |
The twenty areas with the most Lexus IS200 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 →
What fails a 2009 IS200
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 2009 IS200
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 7.0% of tests
“rear reflectors defective or damaged by up to 50% of the reflecting surface”
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 wipers and washers 7.0% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the windscreen 5.3% 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.
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 2009 IS200 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £31–£82 — and 40% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £31–£82
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: bumpers insecure
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 40%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 57 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 IS200, side by side
13 model years on record, from 2000 to 2012. Across them the pass rate runs from 76.5% to 81.1% — a spread of 4.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 77.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2001 77.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 77.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 78.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 77.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 77.4% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 77.2% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2007 76.5% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2008 78.3% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2009 78.9%rear reflectors defective or…
- 2010 81.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 80.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 79.1% 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 2009 Lexus IS200 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 2009 cars with a similar record
- Toyota YARIS 78.9%
- BMW 520 78.9%
- Volvo XC60 78.9%
- Toyota Auris 79.0%
- Honda Jazz 79.1%
- Honda Cr-V 78.7%
Closest pass rates among 2009 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 2009 Lexus IS200 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 135 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 | 35 | 25.90% | 20.89% | +5.01 |
| Tyres | 26 | 19.30% | 19.76% | −0.46 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 18 | 13.30% | 12.21% | +1.09 |
| Suspension | 14 | 10.40% | 20.98% | −10.58 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 10 | 7.40% | 5.57% | +1.83 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 9 | 6.70% | 5.52% | +1.18 |
| Visibility | 8 | 5.90% | 4.97% | +0.93 |
| Non-component advisories | 6 | 4.40% | 4.18% | +0.22 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 5 | 3.70% | 1.76% | +1.94 |
| Steering | 4 | 3.00% | 2.57% | +0.43 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rear reflectors defective or damaged by up to 50% of the reflecting surface Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.0% | £5–25 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 7.0% | £8–22 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.3% | £80–200 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.5% | £30–80 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.8% | £18–45 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.8% | £60–140 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 1.8% | £45–110 |
| Bumpers insecure Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.8% | £80–250 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 1.8% | £25–65 |
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 | 28.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 17.5% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 17.5% | £18–45 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 10.5% | £45–120 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 8.8% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Advisory | 8.8% | £5–25 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 2 | 100.0% | 39,745 mi |
| 60-90k | 12 | 75.0% | 81,565 mi |
| 90-120k | 23 | 87.0% | 104,065 mi |
| 120k+ | 20 | 70.0% | 161,463 mi |
Source: 57 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.
2009 IS200 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2009 Lexus IS200?
78.9% of the 57 2009 Lexus IS200 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 73.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 Lexus IS200?
The three most recorded items are rear reflectors defective or damaged by up to 50% of the reflecting surface (7.02%), wipers blade defective (7.02%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (5.26%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 Lexus IS200 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 70.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 Lexus IS200 in this dataset had covered 108,314 mi.