Lotus Exige MOT reliability

Lotus Exiges passed their MOT first time 91% of the time across 1,368 tests in 2025. 1,216 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

91%

MOTs analysed

1,368

Still licensed (GB)

1,216

Body type

Coupe

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2019 petrol

83 MOTs

These figures come from 83 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 94%. Typical mileage 13,184 (most between 8,646 and 18,874).

2021: 67% → 2022: 95% → 2023: 87% → 2024: 94% → 2025: 94%

Most common failures

Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid (1.2%)
Catalyst emissions: Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (1.2%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (1.2%)
Rear reflectors: missing (1.2%)
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (1.2%)

Where 2019 Exiges fail

Lights & electrics

2.4%

Wheels & tyres

1.2%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

1.2%

Suspension & axles

1.2%

Visibility & wipers

1.2%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.