Lexus RX400 H SE-L CVT
Registered from 2005 to 2008.
About this model
The Lexus RX is a luxury crossover SUV sold since 1998 by Lexus, a luxury division of Toyota. Originally released in its home market of Japan in late 1997 as the Toyota Harrier, export sales began in March 1998 as the Lexus RX.
From the Wikipedia article Lexus RX, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2007 3.3 hybrid. 17 of 114 tests failed, 15%.
Better than 93% of 2007 cars. The typical one fails 27%, across 935 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 35% | 6 |
| Tyres and wheels | 35% | 6 |
| Lights and electrics | 24% | 4 |
| Suspension | 18% | 3 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 12% | 2 |
| Visibility | 12% | 2 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps
- A tyre cords visible or damaged
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
Where it stands out against its peers
- Tyres and wheels: failed more often than 93% of 2007 cars — 35% of its 17 failed tests, where an ordinary 2007 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.
- Brakes — 35% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Tyres and wheels — 35% of its failures
- A tyre cords visible or damaged
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Suspension — 18% of its failures
- Exhaust and emissions — 12% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 24% of its failures
- A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Visibility — 12% of its failures
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen