Pass rate
86.9%
Above average — 12.9 pts ahead of the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 199 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £33–£91
2009 Lexus LS460 MOT pass rate
- 2009
- typical 92,766 mi
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Most common fault
Suspension
26.3% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2009 86.9% pass · this year
- Avoid 2008 81.3% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 5.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 86.0%
- Typical mileage
- 93k mi
The 2009 Lexus LS460 MOT pass rate is 86.9% of its MOT tests — 12.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 26.3% of everything recorded on the 2009 Lexus Ls460, against 21.0% nationally — 5.3 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- 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 86.9% — 12.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 15% 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 2009 Lexus LS460 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 12.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 86.0%. The median 2009 Lexus LS460 in this dataset had covered 92,766 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 88.1% of the time, April–September 85.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 7.54% of tests.
- 199 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.9% overall pass rate, 86.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Lexus LS460, the average is 83.9% — best year 2009 (86.9%), worst 2008 (81.3%).
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
- 199
- Typical mileage (median)
- 92,766 mi
- Make and model
- Lexus LS460
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the LS460 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 74% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the LS460
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 36 | 88.9% |
| North West | 27 | 85.2% |
| East of England | 27 | 92.6% |
| Yorkshire | 23 | 91.3% |
| South West | 22 | 77.3% |
| Scotland | 21 | 81.0% |
| West Midlands | 16 | 93.8% |
| East Midlands | 15 | 80.0% |
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 2009 LS460
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 LS460
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 suspension joints 7.5% 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 windscreen 5.5% 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 lights 2.5% of tests
“position lamp not working”
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.
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 LS460 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £33–£91 — and 15% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £33–£91
- Cheapest common item: anti-lock braking system warning lamp…
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 15%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 199 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 LS460, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2006 to 2009. Across them the pass rate runs from 81.3% to 86.9% — a spread of 5.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 83.9% parking brake performance…
- 2007 83.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2008 81.3% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2009 86.9%ball joint dust cover severely…
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 LS460 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
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 LS460 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 231 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 61 | 26.30% | 20.98% | +5.32 |
| Tyres | 57 | 24.60% | 19.76% | +4.84 |
| Brakes | 52 | 22.40% | 20.89% | +1.51 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 16 | 6.90% | 12.21% | −5.31 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 13 | 5.60% | 5.57% | +0.03 |
| Visibility | 13 | 5.60% | 4.97% | +0.63 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 6 | 2.60% | 1.76% | +0.84 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5 | 2.20% | 5.52% | −3.32 |
| Non-component advisories | 5 | 2.20% | 4.18% | −1.98 |
| Road Wheels | 3 | 1.30% | 0.75% | +0.55 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 7.5% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.5% | £80–200 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.5% | £40–150 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.5% | £45–95 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.5% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.5% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.5% | £18–45 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 1.0% | £3–15 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault Brakes | Major | 1.0% | £3–15 |
| Fixing missing Road Wheels | Major | 1.0% | £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 | 13.1% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.1% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 5.5% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.5% | £18–45 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 3.5% | £80–180 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1 | 100.0% | 28,536 mi |
| 30-60k | 17 | 94.1% | 48,854 mi |
| 60-90k | 69 | 87.0% | 75,409 mi |
| 90-120k | 76 | 82.9% | 101,980 mi |
| 120k+ | 36 | 91.7% | 166,603 mi |
Source: 199 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 LS460 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2009 Lexus LS460?
86.9% of the 199 2009 Lexus LS460 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 86.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 Lexus LS460?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (7.54%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (5.53%), pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (4.52%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 Lexus LS460 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 91.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 Lexus LS460 in this dataset had covered 92,766 mi.
Does the season affect the 2009 Lexus LS460 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 88.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 85.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.