Online MOT History

Kaeo · 16 Oct 2015 at 15:39

Haha the guy I sold my last car to was a bit creeped out when I text him congratulating him on passing the MOT yesterday, but telling him to get that rear tyre replaced. Oh funs begin :')

Tinders · 16 Oct 2015 at 17:44

Seems different to the old checks, the old one used to show the mileage back to 2007, which was a good way to spot if the car has been clocked. At least it makes it easy to check a car that you want to buy now.

roadie · 16 Oct 2015 at 18:07

My car (a 2007 Civic) is shown as jumping from 29k miles in 2013 to 139k miles in 2014, and then back to 46k miles this year. Looks like a clear error there!

Failures on record for a number plate bulb, brake bulb, effectiveness of windscreen wipers and low tread depth in its history back to 2010.

tiffanys · 16 Oct 2015 at 21:57

Bookmarked. Thanks

austinpowers · 17 Oct 2015 at 03:35

Hmm, not as good as the old one, easier to check though for the casual user.

My old company car has been clocked, i had it new till it was off leased at 3.5 years old and had 136k on the clock in 2006, in 2009 it had 107k!! It's a cat C now...MK02 WLA., even took it round the 'ring on my first trip

Should allow mileage checks from 2005 as the old did, but this new one doesn't :-/

MadMouse101 · 17 Oct 2015 at 14:40

Thanks

Zaphan58 · 17 Oct 2015 at 14:59

Thanks! I am on the hunt for another car and this is proving rather interesting punching in reg numbers. Already steered clear of a few thanks to the results.

Psyisk · 17 Oct 2015 at 15:50

Really surprised it can go back so far, 2006 for my vehicle

Dave85 · 17 Oct 2015 at 16:12

This is brilliant while looking at car ads. Was going to see a Legacy that has an ad saying its passed every mot no issues. Advisories showed oil leak for the last 3 years good haggling find

Orionaut · 17 Oct 2015 at 16:29

Vita said:
Reason(s) for failure
Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)

For that lemon I got. Good it's engine went pop.

This one is complete nonsense.

the "30Cm" thing is an imaginary sphere centred on the body mounting in question.

A "Hardass" tester could fail you for having a harmless hole in the wing if it was within this zone(Or in the case of somebody I knew a small rust hole next to the rear light cluster)

Rilot · 17 Oct 2015 at 18:57

Doesn't work any more. Says the service in unavailable. I wonder if not requiring the V5 was a mistake.

Tinders · 17 Oct 2015 at 19:00

Working fine here.

ShiWarrior · 17 Oct 2015 at 19:02

yep still works, just tried it

Rilot · 17 Oct 2015 at 19:33

How odd. It certainly didn't work when I tried. Works now though.

What I find amazing is that the piece of junk Audi A8 I used to own that was shockingly unreliable is still going! It's on 200,000 miles now. Maybe it just didn't like me.

lemonade · 18 Oct 2015 at 14:28

Don't like it, doesnt show mileage from 2006 to 2010 anymore and it doesnt show the name of the test station. These two items were really useful for me as it was way to verify a cars mileage and I could also see where the cars spent various bits of its life in as I tend to avoid cars that live near the coast.

Janesy B · 18 Oct 2015 at 14:32

The full site that asks for the V5c number still works too? As the name suggests its just an MOT history check not a comprehensive report.

lemonade · 18 Oct 2015 at 14:40

Main site hasnt worked for me for nearly a month now, says service is unavailable.

https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history-vehicle

Edit: Just noticed it says BETA on the website, so hopefully they will add more bits to it.

BinnsY · 18 Oct 2015 at 14:52

Seems not one of my old cars has a valid MOT any more

Janesy B · 18 Oct 2015 at 15:10

Some maniac keeps putting my old Fiesta through the MOT, each year the fail and advisory lists get bigger and bigger. It had bits on metal in the oil at 90k and its lasted to 115k on last years test!

LeeUK · 29 Oct 2015 at 13:09

I feel like a right stalker, just been checking the MOT history of a whole bunch of local cars I know of. Heh