Lexus CT MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Lexus CT in Great Britain in 2025 — 31,013 tests. Figures cover every CT first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the CT ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
82.6%
10.3 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
31,013
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
5.3%
of CT first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
73,750
middle half: 53,750–103,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Lexus CT cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 30,282 Lexus CT cars that were taxed or on SORN: 29,943 taxed and 339 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Lexus CT vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
29,943
98.9% of the 30,282 CT cars taxed or on SORN; 16 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
339
declared off the road by their keepers — 1.1% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed CT cars peaked at 30,374 at the end of 2021 and has since fallen by 431 (1.4%) to 29,943 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 63 at the end of 2014 to 339 at the end of 2025, up 438.1%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed CT cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

010k20k30k40k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed CT cars, year 2014: 17kTaxed CT cars, year 2015: 20kTaxed CT cars, year 2016: 23kTaxed CT cars, year 2017: 25kTaxed CT cars, year 2018: 28kTaxed CT cars, year 2019: 29kTaxed CT cars, year 2020: 30kTaxed CT cars, year 2021: 30kTaxed CT cars, year 2022: 30kTaxed CT cars, year 2023: 30kTaxed CT cars, year 2024: 30kTaxed CT cars, year 2025: 30k30k
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YearTaxed CT cars
201416,605
201519,964
201622,823
201725,324
201827,611
201929,151
202029,939
202130,374
202230,262
202330,113
202430,030
202529,943

CT cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

01002003004002014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)CT cars on SORN, year 2014: 63CT cars on SORN, year 2015: 85CT cars on SORN, year 2016: 96CT cars on SORN, year 2017: 129CT cars on SORN, year 2018: 175CT cars on SORN, year 2019: 146CT cars on SORN, year 2020: 215CT cars on SORN, year 2021: 172CT cars on SORN, year 2022: 184CT cars on SORN, year 2023: 246CT cars on SORN, year 2024: 292CT cars on SORN, year 2025: 339339
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YearCT cars on SORN
201463
201585
201696
2017129
2018175
2019146
2020215
2021172
2022184
2023246
2024292
2025339

Which model years survive

Taxed CT cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 29,943 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed CT cars
20201,2364.1%
20191,8496.2%
20182,6148.7%
20172,8549.5%
20162,8249.4%
20153,34411.2%
20143,64112.2%
20133,56311.9%
20124,10413.7%
20113,64012.2%
All other build years (one year, each under 1%)2740.9%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name CT 200 under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the CT ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, CT vs all cars, 2025.

Lexus CTAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Lexus CT, vehicle age 5: 89.6%Lexus CT, vehicle age 6: 88.1%Lexus CT, vehicle age 7: 88.2%Lexus CT, vehicle age 8: 87%Lexus CT, vehicle age 9: 85%Lexus CT, vehicle age 10: 82.9%Lexus CT, vehicle age 11: 82.9%Lexus CT, vehicle age 12: 77.6%Lexus CT, vehicle age 13: 77.8%Lexus CT, vehicle age 14: 77%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%Lexus CT 77%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)CT testsCT pass rateAll cars
51,26489.6%86.0%
61,91088.1%83.5%
72,75788.2%80.9%
82,98387.0%78.2%
92,93785.0%74.9%
103,48182.9%71.9%
113,75082.9%68.6%
123,65977.6%65.8%
134,19577.8%63.5%
143,78477.0%61.2%

Better or worse than the average car?

The CT's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the CT beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

CT ahead
-16-8+0+8+16Age 5: +3.6 points vs the average car5Age 6: +4.6 points vs the average carAge 7: +7.3 points vs the average car7Age 8: +8.8 points vs the average carAge 9: +10.1 points vs the average car9Age 10: +11.0 points vs the average carAge 11: +14.3 points vs the average car11Age 12: +11.8 points vs the average carAge 13: +14.3 points vs the average car13Age 14: +15.8 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
5+3.6
6+4.6
7+7.3
8+8.8
9+10.1
10+11.0
11+14.3
12+11.8
13+14.3
14+15.8

The CT fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the CT fleet still in use.

01k2k3k5kAge 5: 1k5Age 6: 1kAge 7: 2k7Age 8: 2kAge 9: 2k9Age 10: 3kAge 11: 3k11Age 12: 3kAge 13: 4k13Age 14: 3k14Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
51,264
61,910
72,757
82,983
92,937
103,481
113,750
123,659
134,195
143,784

What a CT fails on

Where the failure items land when a CT fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment29.7%
Tyres24.1%
Brakes16.3%
Visibility12.5%
Suspension10.0%
Body, chassis, structure2.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks1.8%
Identification of the vehicle1.2%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.6% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a CT, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 42.8% of advisories42.8%Brakes: 27.8% of advisories27.8%Suspension: 14.0% of advisories14.0%Non-component advisories: 7.2% of advisories7.2%Identification of the vehicle: 3.2% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 1.6% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesIdentification of the vehicleBody, chassis, structure
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres42.8%
Brakes27.8%
Suspension14.0%
Non-component advisories7.2%
Identification of the vehicle3.2%
Body, chassis, structure1.6%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid CT?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested CT fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Hybrid electric: 83.0% of 28,167 tests83.0%Hybrid28,167 testsPetrol: 78.4% of 850 tests78.4%Petrol850 testsElectric: 77.1% of 776 tests77.1%Electric776 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Hybrid electric28,16783.0%
Petrol85078.4%
Electric77677.1%

What mileage is normal for a CT?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) CT; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical CT (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k579111314Vehicle age (years)Age 5: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 23,750–46,250)Age 6: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 28,750–61,250)Age 7: typical 48,750 miles (middle half 33,750–66,250)Age 8: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 38,750–76,250)Age 9: typical 66,250 miles (middle half 48,750–91,250)Age 10: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 53,750–103,750)Age 11: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 58,750–111,250)Age 12: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 68,750–123,750)Age 13: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 76,250–133,750)Age 14: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 78,750–138,750)106k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
523,75033,75046,250
628,75043,75061,250
733,75048,75066,250
838,75056,25076,250
948,75066,25091,250
1053,75073,750103,750
1158,75081,250111,250
1268,75091,250123,750
1376,250101,250133,750
1478,750106,250138,750

What fails at each age

The CT's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

TyresVisibilityBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentIdentification of the vehicleSuspensionEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres43.0%
3-5 yrsVisibility19.5%
3-5 yrsBrakes18.8%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12.5%
3-5 yrsIdentification of the vehicle2.3%
3-5 yrsEverything else3.9%
6-9 yrsTyres43.7%
6-9 yrsBrakes17.1%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.5%
6-9 yrsVisibility11.1%
6-9 yrsSuspension4.4%
6-9 yrsEverything else7.2%
10-13 yrsTyres24.1%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23.3%
10-13 yrsBrakes21.9%
10-13 yrsSuspension14.0%
10-13 yrsVisibility9.1%
10-13 yrsEverything else7.6%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.3%
14+ yrsSuspension20.0%
14+ yrsTyres19.6%
14+ yrsBrakes19.5%
14+ yrsVisibility9.3%
14+ yrsEverything else9.3%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.