Pass rate
91.1%
Above average — 12.5 pts ahead of the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 202 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £38–£93
2013 Lexus Ls MOT pass rate
- 2013
- 2 trims combined
- typical 73,519 mi
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Most common fault
Brakes
33.8% 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 2018 94.6% pass
- Avoid 2008 83.7% pass
Across the 8 years on record, a spread of 10.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 90.3%
- Typical mileage
- 74k mi
The 2013 Lexus Ls MOT pass rate is 91.1% of its MOT tests — 12.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.8% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.6× the national share
Brakes make up 33.8% of everything recorded on the 2013 Lexus Ls, against 20.9% nationally — 12.9 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 78.6% and this one manages 91.1% — 12.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 16% 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 Ls first registered in 2013 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2013 Lexus Ls compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 12.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 90.3%. The median 2013 Lexus Ls in this dataset had covered 73,519 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 59% of tests, with a 89.1% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 90.0% of the time, April–September 92.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 3.47% of tests.
- 202 recorded tests behind this page.
- 91.1% overall pass rate, 90.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Lexus Ls, the average is 88.2% — best year 2018 (94.6%), worst 2008 (83.7%).
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
- 202
- Typical mileage (median)
- 73,519 mi
- Make and model
- Lexus Ls
- 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 Ls MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 78% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (59% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Ls
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 53 | 90.6% |
| North West | 32 | 90.6% |
| London | 24 | 87.5% |
| East of England | 17 | 82.4% |
| Yorkshire | 15 | 100.0% |
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 2013 Ls
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 Ls
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 3.5% 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 suspension joints 2.5% 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 brakes 1.0% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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 Ls through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £38–£93 — and 16% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £38–£93
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 16%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 202 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 Ls, side by side
8 model years on record, from 2006 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 83.7% to 94.6% — a spread of 10.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 87.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2007 85.7% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2008 83.7% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2013 91.1%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 89.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 88.0% has ply or cords exposed
- 2018 94.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 94.3% wipers blade 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 2013 Lexus Ls 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
- Jaguar F-Type 91.0%
- Audi A8 91.0%
- Jaguar Xk 90.5%
- Porsche Cayman 92.7%
- Porsche Boxster 93.5%
- Bentley Continental 93.9%
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 Ls 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 144 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 | 49 | 33.80% | 20.89% | +12.91 |
| Tyres | 44 | 30.30% | 19.76% | +10.54 |
| Suspension | 29 | 20.00% | 20.98% | −0.98 |
| Visibility | 12 | 8.30% | 4.97% | +3.33 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3 | 2.10% | 12.21% | −10.11 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 1.40% | 5.57% | −4.17 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 1.40% | 5.52% | −4.12 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 0.70% | 4.18% | −3.48 |
| Steering | 1 | 0.70% | 2.57% | −1.87 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 0.70% | 1.76% | −1.06 |
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 | 3.5% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.5% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 0.99% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.99% | £18–45 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 0.99% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.99% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.99% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.50% | £18–45 |
| Battery(ies) insecure and likely to cause a short circuit Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.50% | £60–140 |
| Fixing missing Road Wheels | Major | 0.50% | £20–55 |
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 | 11.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.4% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.9% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.9% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 5.5% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.0% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 15 | 100.0% | 17,928 mi |
| 30-60k | 52 | 94.2% | 49,010 mi |
| 60-90k | 55 | 87.3% | 72,204 mi |
| 90-120k | 45 | 86.7% | 103,530 mi |
| 120k+ | 35 | 94.3% | 159,298 mi |
Source: 202 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 Ls MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 Lexus Ls?
91.1% of the 202 2013 Lexus Ls tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 90.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 Lexus Ls?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.47%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (2.48%), ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (0.99%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 Lexus Ls MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 94.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 Lexus Ls in this dataset had covered 73,519 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2013 Lexus Ls?
Petrol: 89.1% pass rate across 119 tests. Hybrid: 94.0% pass rate across 83 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2013 Lexus Ls MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 90.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 92.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.