Pass rate
84.6%
Around average — 6.0 pts ahead of the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 52 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £51–£122
2013 Lexus IS300 MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 93,927 mi
Only 52 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.
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Most common fault
Tyres
29.6% 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 2016 92.2% pass
- Avoid 2001 79.0% pass
Across the 9 years on record, a spread of 13.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 81.8%
- Typical mileage
- 94k mi
The 2013 Lexus IS300 MOT pass rate is 84.6% of its MOT tests — 6.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.6% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Visibility: 3.4× the national share
Visibility accounts for 16.7% of everything recorded on the 2013 Lexus Is300, against 5.0% nationally — 11.7 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 29.6%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Wipers, washers and a chip in the driver’s eyeline are the three quickest ways to fail a test that the car otherwise deserves to pass.
- 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 78.6% and this one manages 84.6% — 6.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 5% 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 2013 Lexus IS300 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 6.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 81.8%. The median 2013 Lexus IS300 in this dataset had covered 93,927 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 15.38% of tests.
- 52 recorded tests behind this page.
- 84.6% overall pass rate, 81.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Lexus IS300, the average is 81.2% — best year 2016 (92.2%), worst 2001 (79.0%).
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
- 52
- Typical mileage (median)
- 93,927 mi
- Make and model
- Lexus IS300
- 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 IS300 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 68% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Lexus IS300 is most common
Across all IS300 model years on record (2001–2016): 1,132 Lexus IS300 cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 2,514 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 36 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) | 36 | 91.3% |
| 2 | London (SE) | 28 | 84.8% |
| 3 | Reading (RG) | 26 | 86.2% |
| 4 | Guildford (GU) | 25 | 83.3% |
| 5 | London (E) | 24 | 84.6% |
| 6 | Croydon (CR) | 23 | 95.5% |
| 7 | Brighton (BN) | 22 | 81.8% |
| 8 | High Wycombe (HP) | 22 | 81.5% |
| 9 | Crawley (RH) | 22 | 93.5% |
| 10 | Hounslow (TW) | 22 | 79.1% |
| 11 | Manchester (M) | 22 | 83.3% |
| 12 | Chelmsford (CM) | 20 | 82.6% |
| 13 | Southampton (SO) | 20 | 81.0% |
| 14 | Ipswich (IP) | 19 | 64.7% |
| 15 | Sheffield (S) | 19 | 79.5% |
| 16 | Swindon (SN) | 19 | 84.6% |
| 17 | Peterborough (PE) | 19 | 86.8% |
| 18 | Cardiff (CF) | 18 | 79.6% |
| 19 | Ilford (IG) | 18 | 84.8% |
| 20 | Romford (RM) | 17 | 87.8% |
The twenty areas with the most Lexus IS300 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 2013 IS300
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 2013 IS300
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 15.4% 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 suspension joints 3.9% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the tyre tread 3.9% 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 2013 IS300 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £51–£122 — and 5% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £51–£122
- Cheapest common item: electrical wiring inadequately secured
- £5–£25
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 5%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 52 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 IS300, side by side
9 model years on record, from 2001 to 2016. Across them the pass rate runs from 79.0% to 92.2% — a spread of 13.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2001 79.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 80.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 80.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 81.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 79.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 84.6%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 82.1% headlamp aim too high
- 2015 91.2% anti-lock braking system warning…
- 2016 92.2% has ply or cords damaged
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 2013 Lexus IS300 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 2013 cars with a similar record
- MINI COOPER 84.6%
- BMW 640 84.6%
- Honda Civic 84.5%
- BMW X6 84.4%
- Land Rover Range Rover 84.3%
- MINI Mini 84.9%
Closest pass rates among 2013 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 2013 Lexus IS300 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 54 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 | 16 | 29.60% | 19.76% | +9.84 |
| Suspension | 12 | 22.20% | 20.98% | +1.22 |
| Brakes | 10 | 18.50% | 20.89% | −2.39 |
| Visibility | 9 | 16.70% | 4.97% | +11.73 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 5.60% | 4.18% | +1.42 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2 | 3.70% | 12.21% | −8.51 |
| Steering | 1 | 1.90% | 2.57% | −0.67 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 1.90% | 0.75% | +1.15 |
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 | 15.4% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.9% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 3.9% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Electrical wiring inadequately secured Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.9% | £5–25 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.9% | £45–95 |
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 | 11.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.6% | £45–110 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 7.7% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 3.9% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Coolant leak Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.9% | £20–80 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Advisory | 1.9% | £20–55 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3 | 100.0% | 21,585 mi |
| 30-60k | 7 | 100.0% | 47,016 mi |
| 60-90k | 9 | 88.9% | 71,306 mi |
| 90-120k | 11 | 90.9% | 101,002 mi |
| 120k+ | 13 | 76.9% | 167,011 mi |
Source: 52 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.
2013 IS300 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 Lexus IS300?
84.6% of the 52 2013 Lexus IS300 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 81.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 Lexus IS300?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (15.38%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (3.85%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (3.85%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 Lexus IS300 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 2013 Lexus IS300 in this dataset had covered 93,927 mi.