Pass rate
80.4%
Around average — 4.5 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,409 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £35–£88
2011 Lexus IS200 MOT pass rate
- 2011
- typical 112,519 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Brakes
27.7% 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
- 76.3%
- Typical mileage
- 113k mi
The 2011 Lexus IS200 MOT pass rate is 80.4% of its MOT tests — 4.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.7% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.3× the national share
Brakes make up 27.7% of everything recorded on the 2011 Lexus Is200, against 20.9% nationally — 6.8 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 75.9% and this one manages 80.4% — 4.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
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 IS200 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 4.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 76.3%. The median 2011 Lexus IS200 in this dataset had covered 112,519 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 78.6% of the time, April–September 82.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 5.39% of tests.
- 1,409 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.4% overall pass rate, 76.3% 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
- 1,409
- Typical mileage (median)
- 112,519 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
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the IS200 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 68% 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 →
Regional pass rates for the IS200
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| North West | 251 | 80.1% |
| South East | 238 | 79.8% |
| West Midlands | 195 | 83.6% |
| East Midlands | 147 | 75.5% |
| South West | 137 | 78.8% |
| Yorkshire | 124 | 83.1% |
| East of England | 118 | 87.3% |
| North East | 64 | 76.6% |
| Scotland | 63 | 79.4% |
| Wales | 62 | 72.6% |
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 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 2011 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 windscreen 5.4% 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 3.5% 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 tyre tread 3.2% 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 2011 IS200 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £35–£88 — and 38% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £35–£88
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 38%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,409 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 2011 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 2011 cars with a similar record
- Smart Mcc Fortwo Cabriolet 80.4%
- Toyota Verso 80.5%
- Volvo S60 80.5%
- BMW 520 80.6%
- Audi A5 80.2%
- Land Rover Discovery 80.2%
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 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 2,442 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 | 681 | 27.70% | 20.89% | +6.81 |
| Tyres | 574 | 23.30% | 19.76% | +3.54 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 356 | 14.50% | 12.21% | +2.29 |
| Suspension | 318 | 12.90% | 20.98% | −8.08 |
| Visibility | 158 | 6.40% | 4.97% | +1.43 |
| Non-component advisories | 85 | 3.50% | 4.18% | −0.68 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 85 | 3.50% | 1.76% | +1.74 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 82 | 3.30% | 5.52% | −2.22 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 77 | 3.10% | 5.57% | −2.47 |
| Steering | 26 | 1.10% | 2.57% | −1.47 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.4% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.5% | £5–25 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 3.2% | £45–95 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.1% | £5–25 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.5% | £60–140 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 2.0% | £30–75 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.9% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.8% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.6% | £30–80 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.6% | £5–25 |
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 | 19.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.5% | £45–110 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 9.6% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.6% | £18–45 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 5.6% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 10 | 100.0% | 25,052 mi |
| 30-60k | 96 | 87.5% | 49,518 mi |
| 60-90k | 296 | 83.8% | 76,623 mi |
| 90-120k | 401 | 81.3% | 105,318 mi |
| 120k+ | 605 | 76.9% | 152,482 mi |
Source: 1,409 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 IS200 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 Lexus IS200?
80.4% of the 1,409 2011 Lexus IS200 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 76.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 Lexus IS200?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (5.39%), headlamp lens slightly defective (3.48%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (3.19%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 Lexus IS200 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 76.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 Lexus IS200 in this dataset had covered 112,519 mi.
Does the season affect the 2011 Lexus IS200 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 78.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 82.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.