Lexus GS MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Lexus GS in Great Britain in 2025 — 7,304 tests. Figures cover every GS first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the GS ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
80.7%
8.4 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
7,304
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
5.9%
of GS first tests; national 7.3%

How many Lexus GS cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 8,969 Lexus GS cars that were taxed or on SORN: 6,640 taxed and 2,329 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 GS vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
6,640
74.0% of the 8,969 GS cars taxed or on SORN; 36 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
2,329
declared off the road by their keepers — 26.0% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed GS cars peaked at 12,035 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 5,395 (44.8%) to 6,640 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 799 at the end of 2014 to 2,329 at the end of 2025, up 191.5%. 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 GS cars, year by year

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

05k10k15k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed GS cars, year 2014: 12kTaxed GS cars, year 2015: 12kTaxed GS cars, year 2016: 12kTaxed GS cars, year 2017: 11kTaxed GS cars, year 2018: 11kTaxed GS cars, year 2019: 10kTaxed GS cars, year 2020: 9kTaxed GS cars, year 2021: 9kTaxed GS cars, year 2022: 8kTaxed GS cars, year 2023: 8kTaxed GS cars, year 2024: 7kTaxed GS cars, year 2025: 7k7k
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YearTaxed GS cars
201412,035
201511,782
201611,618
201711,270
201810,717
20199,832
20209,065
20218,557
20228,144
20237,633
20247,124
20256,640

GS 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.

05001k2k2k2k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)GS cars on SORN, year 2014: 799GS cars on SORN, year 2015: 935GS cars on SORN, year 2016: 1kGS cars on SORN, year 2017: 1kGS cars on SORN, year 2018: 1kGS cars on SORN, year 2019: 2kGS cars on SORN, year 2020: 2kGS cars on SORN, year 2021: 2kGS cars on SORN, year 2022: 2kGS cars on SORN, year 2023: 2kGS cars on SORN, year 2024: 2kGS cars on SORN, year 2025: 2k2k
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YearGS cars on SORN
2014799
2015935
20161,135
20171,329
20181,459
20191,620
20201,848
20211,921
20222,040
20232,152
20242,223
20252,329

Which model years survive

Taxed GS cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 6,640 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 GS cars
20182313.5%
20173505.3%
20165328.0%
20153665.5%
20144997.5%
20135788.7%
20125458.2%
20101522.3%
20092714.1%
20084156.2%
20075718.6%
20065918.9%
200567310.1%
2004731.1%
20031432.2%
20021211.8%
20011372.1%
2000731.1%
1999691.0%
1998891.3%
All other build years (eight years, each under 1%)1612.4%

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 names GS 300, GS 450, GS 250, GS 430, GS 460 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 GS ages

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

Lexus GSAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Lexus GS, vehicle age 9: 92.8%Lexus GS, vehicle age 11: 86.4%Lexus GS, vehicle age 12: 88.6%Lexus GS, vehicle age 13: 86.2%Lexus GS, vehicle age 18: 74.5%Lexus GS, vehicle age 19: 71.2%Lexus GS, vehicle age 20: 71%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 GS 71%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)GS testsGS pass rateAll cars
960792.8%74.9%
1151586.4%68.6%
1257888.6%65.8%
1356486.2%63.5%
1865574.5%57.4%
1966771.2%57.0%
2076271.0%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

GS ahead
-24-12+0+12+24Age 9: +17.9 points vs the average car9Age 11: +17.8 points vs the average car11Age 12: +22.8 points vs the average carAge 13: +22.7 points vs the average car13Age 18: +17.1 points vs the average carAge 19: +14.2 points vs the average car19Age 20: +13.4 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
9+17.9
11+17.8
12+22.8
13+22.7
18+17.1
19+14.2
20+13.4

The GS fleet on the road, by age

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

0200400600800Age 9: 6079Age 11: 51511Age 12: 578Age 13: 56413Age 18: 655Age 19: 66719Age 20: 76220Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
9607
11515
12578
13564
18655
19667
20762

What a GS fails on

Where the failure items land when a GS 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 equipment25.2%
Brakes20.8%
Tyres16.2%
Suspension12.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks8.4%
Visibility7.2%
Body, chassis, structure4.8%
Road Wheels1.7%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (96.9% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Tyres: 29.9% of advisories29.9%Suspension: 25.9% of advisories25.9%Brakes: 24.4% of advisories24.4%Body, chassis, structure: 7.0% of advisories7.0%Noise, emissions and leaks: 3.4% of advisoriesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 3.2% of advisories
TyresSuspensionBrakesBody, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaksLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres29.9%
Suspension25.9%
Brakes24.4%
Body, chassis, structure7.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.4%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment3.2%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid GS?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested GS 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: 85.6% of 3,763 tests85.6%Hybrid3,763 testsPetrol: 75.2% of 3,354 tests75.2%Petrol3,354 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Hybrid electric3,76385.6%
Petrol3,35475.2%

What mileage is normal for a GS?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) GS; 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 GS (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k911131920Vehicle age (years)Age 9: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 46,250–98,750)Age 11: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 61,250–113,750)Age 12: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 63,750–106,250)Age 13: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 68,750–118,750)Age 18: typical 116,250 miles (middle half 88,750–146,250)Age 19: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 88,750–146,250)Age 20: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 86,250–138,750)113k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
946,25068,75098,750
1161,25086,250113,750
1263,75081,250106,250
1368,75091,250118,750
1888,750116,250146,250
1988,750118,750146,250
2086,250113,750138,750

What fails at each age

The GS'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.

TyresBrakesVisibilityLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentRoad WheelsSuspensionNoise, emissions and leaksEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
6-9 yrsTyres53.2%
6-9 yrsBrakes16.1%
6-9 yrsVisibility8.9%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment8.1%
6-9 yrsRoad Wheels4.0%
6-9 yrsEverything else9.7%
10-13 yrsTyres44.3%
10-13 yrsBrakes26.3%
10-13 yrsVisibility10.1%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment8.9%
10-13 yrsSuspension4.6%
10-13 yrsEverything else5.8%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23.4%
14+ yrsBrakes23.2%
14+ yrsSuspension16.2%
14+ yrsTyres12.1%
14+ yrsNoise, emissions and leaks9.6%
14+ yrsEverything else15.5%

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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.