Pass rate
78.7%
Around average — 6.2 pts ahead of the 72.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,016 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £34–£87
2006 Lexus RX300 MOT pass rate
- 2006
- typical 111,478 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
28.1% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £40–£65 for Shock absorber leaking. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2006 78.7% pass · this year
- Avoid 2002 71.2% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 7.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 74.3%
- Typical mileage
- 111k mi
The 2006 Lexus RX300 MOT pass rate is 78.7% of its MOT tests — 6.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.1% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 28.1% of everything recorded on the 2006 Lexus Rx300, against 21.0% nationally — 7.1 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 72.5% and this one manages 78.7% — 6.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 33% 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 2006 Lexus RX300 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.5%, so this figure is 6.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 74.3%. The median 2006 Lexus RX300 in this dataset had covered 111,478 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 79.7% of the time, April–September 77.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 5.41% of tests.
- 1,016 recorded tests behind this page.
- 78.7% overall pass rate, 74.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Lexus RX300, the average is 77.7% — best year 2006 (78.7%), worst 2002 (71.2%).
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
- 1,016
- Typical mileage (median)
- 111,478 mi
- Make and model
- Lexus RX300
- 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 RX300 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Lexus RX300 is most common
Across all RX300 model years on record (2000–2006): 5,222 Lexus RX300 cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 12,427 tests. Ipswich (IP) has the most, with 234 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) | 234 | 67.1% |
| 2 | London (SE) | 203 | 84.7% |
| 3 | Birmingham (B) | 140 | 81.7% |
| 4 | London (N) | 137 | 83.1% |
| 5 | London (E) | 134 | 89.5% |
| 6 | London (NW) | 121 | 84.3% |
| 7 | Croydon (CR) | 115 | 86.1% |
| 8 | Guildford (GU) | 106 | 74.9% |
| 9 | Ashford (TN) | 104 | 76.6% |
| 10 | Peterborough (PE) | 103 | 74.8% |
| 11 | Reading (RG) | 98 | 80.4% |
| 12 | Wembley (HA) | 95 | 81.0% |
| 13 | Romford (RM) | 88 | 89.5% |
| 14 | Brighton (BN) | 87 | 74.9% |
| 15 | Hounslow (TW) | 87 | 85.2% |
| 16 | Kingston upon Thames (KT) | 83 | 80.5% |
| 17 | Crawley (RH) | 82 | 78.6% |
| 18 | London (SW) | 79 | 80.2% |
| 19 | Manchester (M) | 79 | 75.9% |
| 20 | Leicester (LE) | 76 | 83.9% |
The twenty areas with the most Lexus RX300 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 RX300
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 375 | 79.2% |
| London | 167 | 83.8% |
| East of England | 103 | 81.6% |
| North West | 72 | 76.4% |
| South West | 66 | 75.8% |
| Yorkshire | 57 | 80.7% |
| East Midlands | 47 | 83.0% |
| West Midlands | 44 | 84.1% |
| Scotland | 40 | 57.5% |
| Wales | 24 | 62.5% |
| North East | 21 | 66.7% |
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 2006 RX300
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 2006 RX300
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 5.4% 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 lights 3.4% 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 corrosion 2.1% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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 2006 RX300 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £34–£87 — and 33% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £34–£87
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 33%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,016 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 RX300, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2000 to 2006. Across them the pass rate runs from 71.2% to 78.7% — a spread of 7.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 72.1% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2001 74.1% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2002 71.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 78.4% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2004 78.1% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2005 78.3% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 78.7%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 2006 Lexus RX300 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 2006 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Cls 78.6%
- BMW 525 78.9%
- Mercedes-Benz Ml 78.4%
- Nissan Elgrand 78.4%
- BMW 730 79.0%
- BMW 3 Series 78.2%
Closest pass rates among 2006 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 2006 Lexus RX300 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 2,542 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 | 717 | 28.10% | 20.98% | +7.12 |
| Brakes | 521 | 20.40% | 20.89% | −0.49 |
| Tyres | 331 | 13.00% | 19.76% | −6.76 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 299 | 11.70% | 5.52% | +6.18 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 269 | 10.50% | 12.21% | −1.71 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 110 | 4.30% | 5.57% | −1.27 |
| Non-component advisories | 91 | 3.60% | 4.18% | −0.58 |
| Visibility | 86 | 3.40% | 4.97% | −1.57 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 71 | 2.80% | 1.76% | +1.04 |
| Steering | 47 | 1.80% | 2.57% | −0.77 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 5.4% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.4% | £5–25 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.0% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.0% | £5–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.0% | £45–110 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.3% | £18–45 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 2.1% | £180–450 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.1% | £80–200 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 1.9% | £30–75 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 30.2% | £40–150 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 22.1% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 15.4% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 15.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.3% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.3% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2 | 50.0% | 18,061 mi |
| 30-60k | 60 | 83.3% | 47,245 mi |
| 60-90k | 203 | 80.3% | 77,890 mi |
| 90-120k | 330 | 78.2% | 104,232 mi |
| 120k+ | 421 | 77.9% | 151,598 mi |
Source: 1,016 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.
2006 RX300 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2006 Lexus RX300?
78.7% of the 1,016 2006 Lexus RX300 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.5% for cars first used in 2006. First-attempt pass rate: 74.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2006 Lexus RX300?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.41%), headlamp lens slightly defective (3.44%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (2.95%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2006 Lexus RX300 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 50.0% of the time, falling to 77.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2006 Lexus RX300 in this dataset had covered 111,478 mi.
Does the season affect the 2006 Lexus RX300 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 79.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 77.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.