Used car guide
2015 Lexus IS: petrol or diesel?
Petrol, diesel and hybrid versions go wrong in different ways, so each has its own figures from the MOTs these cars had during 2023–2025. Pick the one you’re looking at: the fuel is on the logbook and in the car’s MOT history.
Petrol
87% pass first time (all 2015 cars: 74%)
Nothing stands out above the usual rate
342 MOTsSee the petrol guide ›
Hybrid
87% pass first time (all 2015 cars: 74%)
Nothing stands out above the usual rate
7,982 MOTsSee the hybrid guide ›
Diesel versions had too few MOTs for figures of their own, or weren’t sold.
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Other years
Every year of the Lexus IS compared
| Year | MOT tests | Most flagged |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | Too new for MOT data |
| 2021 | 105 | Tyres 29% |
| 2020 | 1,695 | Tyres 26% |
| 2019 | 3,493 | Tyres 28% |
| 2018 | 4,320 | Tyres 25% |
| 2017 | 4,631 | Tyres 25% |
| 2016 | 5,903 | Tyres 27% |
| 2014 | 9,212 | Tyres 27% |
| 2013 | 4,877 | Tyres 29% |
| 2012 | 884 | Tyres 31% |
| 2011 | 405 | Tyres 25% |
| 2010 | 436 | Tyres 35% |
| 2009 | 506 | Brakes 29% |
| 2008 | 723 | Tyres 30% |
| 2007 | 739 | Tyres 34% |
| 2006 | 627 | Brakes 37% |
| 2005 | 170 | Tyres 28% |
| 2004 | 3,890 | Suspension 37% |
| 2003 | 3,292 | Suspension 39% |
| 2002 | 2,659 | Suspension 39% |
| 2001 | 2,096 | Suspension 44% |
| 2000 | 1,188 | Suspension 44% |
| 1999 | 764 | Suspension 41% |