Lexus LS600H
Registered from 2007 to 2019.
About this model
The Lexus LS is a series of full-size luxury sedans that have served as the flagship model of Lexus, the luxury division of Toyota, since 1989. For the first four generations, all LS models featured V8 engines and were predominantly rear-wheel-drive. In the fourth generation, Lexus offered all-wheel-drive, hybrid, and long-wheelbase variants. The fifth generation changed to using a V6 engine with no V8 option, and only one length was offered.
From the Wikipedia article Lexus LS, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2008 5.0 hybrid. 18 of 164 tests failed, 11%.
Better than 96% of 2008 cars. The typical one fails 26%, across 922 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Tyres and wheels | 39% | 7 |
| Brakes | 33% | 6 |
| Suspension | 22% | 4 |
| Lights and electrics | 17% | 3 |
| Steering | 17% | 3 |
| Visibility | 17% | 3 |
The defects inspectors cite
- Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value
- A tyre seriously damaged
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
Where it stands out against its peers
- Tyres and wheels: failed more often than 96% of 2008 cars — 39% of its 18 failed tests, where an ordinary 2008 car has 21%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Tyres and wheels — 39% of its failures
- A tyre seriously damaged
- A tyre cords visible or damaged
- Brakes — 33% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value
- Suspension — 22% of its failures
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Steering — 17% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 17% of its failures
- Visibility — 17% of its failures
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Recalls
Filed by the manufacturer with a regulator. A recall is repaired free of charge, whoever owns the car now.
A12/00414/20
Due to a manufacturing defect, surface cracking may occur on the impeller of the low-pressure fuel pump. Consequently, the impeller may deform, causing the fuel pump to become inoperative and the engine to stall, increasing the risk of an accident.
Recall of the product from end users