For those that are interested, the new MOT history site..
Discussion
200Plus Club said:
St John Smythe said:
200Plus Club said:
Theres an mx5 on ph classifieds at the mo (wont embarrass owner) with a fresh mot with no advisories claim, but digging deeper reveals two failures in august and then September for corrosion (maybe now done) and a few other issues and previous mots show other advisories that give the impression its being chopped un before things go downhill rapidly.
Its a very useful tool indeed but it would be fabulous if you could see which mot station was used. Just incase you didnt trust the "fresh" mot lol
Surely this means he's addressed the issues so the car is now sorted?Its a very useful tool indeed but it would be fabulous if you could see which mot station was used. Just incase you didnt trust the "fresh" mot lol
can you imagine if you could see the test centre details in cases where a fail one day is followed by a quick retest and pass elsewhere, which we all know used to happen a lot! :-)
Interesting......
I checked one of my previous cars (an MGB)
Approx. 5 years after I sold it, it has shown up as a fail:
"Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2) "
The very same day, 11 miles later, at a different test centre, it's passed!
Is there a way of finding the test centre from the reference number?
I checked one of my previous cars (an MGB)
Approx. 5 years after I sold it, it has shown up as a fail:
"Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2) "
The very same day, 11 miles later, at a different test centre, it's passed!
Is there a way of finding the test centre from the reference number?
QuartzDad said:
https://data.gov.uk/dataset/mot-active-vts
You can download a .csv file of all 22727 centres including their VTS Site number.
How does that work from the results given?You can download a .csv file of all 22727 centres including their VTS Site number.
For example my two MOT numbers are:
3080 3577 6728
4484 0718 4260
Both are from VTS V107391 (I looked up the garage on the spreadsheet) but I cannot see how the MOT test number can be traced back to that spreadsheet if you wanted to do a bit of internet detective work?
KTF said:
QuartzDad said:
https://data.gov.uk/dataset/mot-active-vts
You can download a .csv file of all 22727 centres including their VTS Site number.
How does that work from the results given?You can download a .csv file of all 22727 centres including their VTS Site number.
For example my two MOT numbers are:
3080 3577 6728
4484 0718 4260
Both are from VTS V107391 (I looked up the garage on the spreadsheet) but I cannot see how the MOT test number can be traced back to that spreadsheet if you wanted to do a bit of internet detective work?
KTF said:
QuartzDad said:
https://data.gov.uk/dataset/mot-active-vts
You can download a .csv file of all 22727 centres including their VTS Site number.
How does that work from the results given?You can download a .csv file of all 22727 centres including their VTS Site number.
For example my two MOT numbers are:
3080 3577 6728
4484 0718 4260
Both are from VTS V107391 (I looked up the garage on the spreadsheet) but I cannot see how the MOT test number can be traced back to that spreadsheet if you wanted to do a bit of internet detective work?
GravelMachineGun said:
My classic Mini has been clocked.
I sold it with around 60k on and now it has somehow done around 5-6000k.
Hmmmm.
To be fair, that doesn't sound like clocking per se; nobody is going to pass a classic Mini off as a 5-6k car (I assume this is what you mean by 6000k!). Fairly common for classics that have had a complete restoration to end up with the clocks starting from zero again. Alternatively, depending on when you sold it, someone has done 45-46k miles in it!I sold it with around 60k on and now it has somehow done around 5-6000k.
Hmmmm.
johnnyBv8 said:
GravelMachineGun said:
My classic Mini has been clocked.
I sold it with around 60k on and now it has somehow done around 5-6000k.
Hmmmm.
To be fair, that doesn't sound like clocking per se; nobody is going to pass a classic Mini off as a 5-6k car (I assume this is what you mean by 6000k!). Fairly common for classics that have had a complete restoration to end up with the clocks starting from zero again. Alternatively, depending on when you sold it, someone has done 45-46k miles in it!I sold it with around 60k on and now it has somehow done around 5-6000k.
Hmmmm.
Checked a couple of my cars and one of my old ones. Amazes me how many times they fail for tyres and brakes. All 4 tyres at one point on the noble.
Bit annoying that one of my Noble Mots says the milage was 254000 instead of 25400.0 from the second MOT I had done about 3 years ago. At least it's so far out its an obvious mistake.
Bit annoying that one of my Noble Mots says the milage was 254000 instead of 25400.0 from the second MOT I had done about 3 years ago. At least it's so far out its an obvious mistake.
The car I sold a while back must have had a change of plate, because it appears on the MoT site with my last MoT on it, which was over 12 months ago, but no longer appears on the DVLA vehicle enquiry service.
I guess I can't trace it now ... I just want to know I sold it at the right time!
I guess I can't trace it now ... I just want to know I sold it at the right time!
Like most folks I've been trawling through my old motors, funniest reason I've found for failure is my old XJ40 (sold on in 2004) in 2010:
The Jag/K125 NKD also failed on rust, rust and more rust, so imagine that was the end of that car.
mot-history.net said:
Reason(s) for failure
Drivers door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.B.1b)
So someone (the guy I sold it to was bonkers), put in a car for a MOT when the drivers door didn't open. Srsly, WTF? Drivers door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.B.1b)
The Jag/K125 NKD also failed on rust, rust and more rust, so imagine that was the end of that car.
mot-history.net said:
Reason(s) for failure
Nearside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)
Offside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)
Advisory notice item(s)
GENERAL BODY CORROSION.
FUEL PIPES CORRODED.
EXHAUST CORRODED.
Nearside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)
Offside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)
Advisory notice item(s)
GENERAL BODY CORROSION.
FUEL PIPES CORRODED.
EXHAUST CORRODED.
I'm looking at buying an mr2 or mx5 as we speak so have been using the site daily to check sales out. Its amazing how many cars that fail mots are re passed the same day but are still left with advisories which you'd have to ask the owners about ie failed on a few items but was passed with nails in two tyres and wear to brake pads and discs. Some of these are on traders forecourts so at least you can go forewarned and haggle should you wish.
Because I'm only after a cheap nail for trackdays but road legal I've probably looked up a dozen mk2 mx5s of 1998-2005 era and a lot have advisories on chassis rot and the like year after year and amazingly how many people never bother sorting the inefficient parking brake issues until it actually fails etc.
Quite an eye opener in a limited but interesting way. Definitely would help if you could see where tested. Some research by the authorities would easily pinpoint any "lax" or friendly stations :-)
Because I'm only after a cheap nail for trackdays but road legal I've probably looked up a dozen mk2 mx5s of 1998-2005 era and a lot have advisories on chassis rot and the like year after year and amazingly how many people never bother sorting the inefficient parking brake issues until it actually fails etc.
Quite an eye opener in a limited but interesting way. Definitely would help if you could see where tested. Some research by the authorities would easily pinpoint any "lax" or friendly stations :-)
I am amazed that my last 2 cars, a 10 year old 205 GTi sold in 2002 for ~£400, and an Impreza Blobeye traded in 4 years ago, are both still going strong. The 205 approaching 200,000 miles. When I sold it the dealer fitted sunroof had caused serious rust in the edges of the roof by letting water into the roof space. That was covered by black duct tape which looked OK from a distance, the buyer was aware and said they were only going to run the car for a few months until the MOT ran out. Presumably its a soft-top now. Good effort!
This site has helped me avoid a bad purchase, I will always try to use it in future.
While looking for a winter use vehicle I came across a Jeep Cherokee on gumtree for a good price, on checking, it has had the front prop shaft removed, not something I would have ever checked for and not specified in the ad, so not quite as I would have hoped in the snow
Test date: 6 November 2013
Expiry date: 5 November 2014
Test Result: Pass
Odometer reading: 118,776 miles
MOT test number: 4575 7001 3413
Advisory notice item(s):
Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has slight external damage to the casing (2.7.2a)
Front Brake pad(s) wearing thin (3.5.1g)
front prop shaft missing vehicle no longer 4 wheel drive
light corrosion some of brake pipes
While looking for a winter use vehicle I came across a Jeep Cherokee on gumtree for a good price, on checking, it has had the front prop shaft removed, not something I would have ever checked for and not specified in the ad, so not quite as I would have hoped in the snow
Test date: 6 November 2013
Expiry date: 5 November 2014
Test Result: Pass
Odometer reading: 118,776 miles
MOT test number: 4575 7001 3413
Advisory notice item(s):
Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has slight external damage to the casing (2.7.2a)
Front Brake pad(s) wearing thin (3.5.1g)
front prop shaft missing vehicle no longer 4 wheel drive
light corrosion some of brake pipes
Qubit said:
I guess in an ideal world you'd probably like to see just a series of passes with no advisories, hopefully indicating that the owner/s have taken care of stuff prior to it becoming a must fix MOT issue.
Some on here seem surprised that old cars require work for the MOT. It's to be expected that some will fail MOTs when they get to a certain age. It's how the work as been done to resolve this and get a pass that's important.ZOLLAR said:
DaiBakes said:
Doesn't seem to work for personalised plates, can anyone else confirm?
Mine is a private plate and picks it up but I tried another with a private plate and it didn't.Mine is the current format Two letters, two numbers and three letters and the other one isn't so perhaps it's that.
Current plate, been on it since 2012 - If I search that it comes up with the last three years' MOTs.
Previous plate, which is now on a 2011 XF - Shows MOTs from 2014 and 2015 for the XF, and the XJ's previous MOTs dating back to 2006.
Interesting glitch. It'll be especially confusing when the previous plate goes back onto the XJ.
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