For those that are interested, the new MOT history site..

[williamp]

That's great. Its nice to see my E30 BMW is still on the road: and nicely clocked, too.
I took it past 100k back in the late 90s. It did it again earlier this year.

[bestinshow]

Quite depressing that, three cars I sold over the years as I was conviced they were on their last legs are still going strong, all of them now pushing 200,000 miles

One in particular I should have kept......

[750turbo]

Excellent!

Thanks Zollar.

[williamp]

Another one: Hammonds Lanchester from top gear:

Reason(s) for failure:


Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a)
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a)
Service brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)
Steering component damaged and unserviceable (2.2.C.1d)
Steering system fouling (2.2.D.2a)
Nearside Steering system lock to lock check exposes a seriously damaged brake hose (2.2.D.2b)
Nearside Steering system lock to lock check stretches a brake pipe (2.2.D.2b)
Power steering pipe(s) or hose(s) leaking (2.3.3b)
Braking system leaking (3.6.A.1)
Nearside Headlamp missing (1.7.3)
Offside Headlamp missing (1.7.3)
Nearside Leaf spring shackle bracket corroded and seriously weakened (2.4.B.6d)
Offside Leaf spring shackle bracket corroded and seriously weakened (2.4.B.6d)
Nearside Leaf spring shackle bracket rivet missing (2.4.B.6c)
Offside Leaf spring shackle bracket rivet missing (2.4.B.6c)
Nearside Direction indicators not working (1.4.A.2c)
Horn control missing (1.6.1)
Horn not working (1.6.2a)
Nearside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)
Nearside Front Wheel nut(s) loose (4.2.A.1e)
Offside Front Wheel nut(s) loose (4.2.A.1e)
Nearside Rear Wheel nut(s) loose (4.2.A.1e)
Nearside Rear rear brake binding (3.7.B.1)
Offside Obligatory mirror missing (8.1.1)
Nearside Front Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
Offside Front Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
Nearside Front Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)
Offside Front Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)
Rear Exhaust mounting missing (7.1.1b)
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)
Exhaust emits clearly visible black smoke during acceleration (7.3.A.2c)
Exhaust emits excessive dense blue smoke during acceleration (7.3.A.2c)
Front registration plate insecure (6.3.1b)
Rear registration plate missing (6.3.1a)
Rear Body has a sharp edge caused by damage (6.1.C.1)
Spare wheel insecure (6.4.2)
Drivers door does not latch securely closed (6.2.B.1a)
Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering (6.1.A.1)
Vehicle structure has a fracture which adversely affects braking or steering (6.1.A.1)
Vehicle structure has an inadequate repair which adversely affects braking or steering (6.1.A.1)
Vehicle structure has an inadequate repair, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)

[KarlMac]

Erm. My car only has one entry. And it says Fail.

Do I actually have an MOT?

/panic

[laters]

If I search for my car by its current personalised registration it comes up as a Honda c50 moped that failed its mot in 2008.

If I search for the number plate that was on it when I bought it the correct results are all there just under the older plate from before the transfer (that took place in Feb this year).

[siovey]

Great site. Thanks
Just spotted an old bmw of mine that I'm certain had more miles on it when I sold it than the recorded mileage a year later! Unless maybe I'm mistaken...

[carlove]

My old 159 is doing well, I traded it in on the brink of death at 85000 miles needed a couple of grands work on it, now has 130,000 and sailed through the last three MOTs with no advisories, quite proud of it.

[danlightbulb]

The funny thing to me is seeing advisories in the past which I never had repaired, and then they never appear since. Tells you alot about the consistency of testing.

[petrolsniffer]

Pretty eye opening when looking at the history of cars for sale..

I'm after my 3rd puma.

The last two I checked on the site had unfixed oil leaks for a few years and one of those a coolant leak and low coolant for 2 years running!

[danlightbulb]

So how would you use this new information? Would you print off the MOT history and take it with you for a car you were going to view, and use it as leverage? For example I just looked up a random car on autotrader and one of the past advisories was an exhaust in poor condition 2 years ago, which didn't appear the next year. I guess I'd use that to ask about the exhaust.

And even more interestingly, there was an MOT failure for 2 tyres below 1.6mm tread. That tells me the car hasn't been looked after very well.

[somynameiswhat]

My car isn't showing!!!!
Is this cause for concern?

[carinaman]

ZOLLAR said:

is up and running!

Thanks!

[Blayney]

No point looking at the Twingo because I've done every MoT on it.

Looked at my old Corsa, glad I got rid of it when I did. Seems the rust spread far and fast...

MoT said:

Reason(s) for failure
Offside Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)
Offside Inner Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)
Nearside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play (2.6.2)
Offside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play (2.6.2)
Nearside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)
Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering (6.1.A.1)
Nearside Inner Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering (6.1.A.1)
Offside Inner Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering (6.1.A.1)
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort (3.7.B.5a)
Offside rear parking brake recording little or no effort (3.7.B.6a)
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)

[Roman Moroni]

DaiBakes said:

Doesn't seem to work for personalised plates, can anyone else confirm?

Something even more odd.

I took my P/P off the Subaru some 4 years ago, it reverted back to it's original registration. I've just put the original reg into the site but it came back as not recognised. However, I've put the P/P into it and it comes up with the MOT history since 2006.

Very strange

[dreaddan]

Hmm the gov/dvla site still says it's unavailable.

[donnydave]

Wow, got rid of my old jag xjs at the right time, year after I sold it:

Power steering fluid level below minimum (2.3.1)
Offside Power steering component(s) leaking from a failed seal (2.3.3b)
Horn not working (1.6.2a)
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)
Nearside Front Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (2.4.G.1)
Offside Front Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (2.4.G.1)
Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)
Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)
Nearside Inner Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)
Nearside Front Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)
Centre Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)
Offside Front Power steering ram(s) leaking from a failed seal (2.3.3b)
Offside Front Brake master cylinder/servo mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (3.6.C.3)
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)
Nearside Front Parking brake mechanism/associated mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (3.1.9)
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)
Front Brake pad(s) less than 1.5 mm thick (3.5.1g)
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)
Nearside Headlamp aim too low (1.8)
Offside Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
Nearside Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split (2.2.D.2d)

Mind you, "exhaust has a major leak" is on every MOT since the records on this website begin and OH NO! winscreen washer provides insufficient fluid?! Disaster!

Just checked my current car (nissan stagea) and there was a mix up of miles/km odometer readings by previous MOT testers. True mileage is under 100,000 miles but the odo says 130,000. Most of that is km before it was imported. A prospective buyer wouldn't necessarily deduce that so if others are using this website to research prospective new cars then it might not be too reliable

Edited by donnydave on Thursday 15th October 20:40

Edited by donnydave on Thursday 15th October 20:44

[thelawnet1]

Nice one on an E30 M3 from Our Friends In the North (Keighley):

Offside Steering rack gaiter split (2.2.D.2d)
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split (2.2.D.2d)
Nearside Rear Brake pipe excessively corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Offside Rear Brake pipe excessively corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Offside Front Tyre has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (4.1.D.1a)
Nearside Outer Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)
Offside Outer Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)
Offside Rear Lower Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)
Offside Rear Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion (6.1.C.1)
Offside Rear Fuel system component insecure (7.2.1)

[BigsimonY]

Just checked my old car. Guy i sold it to done 36,000 in 1 year

[anonymous-user]

petrolsniffer said:

How long before this is common knowledge and people will cover up their plates on ads? some do it already and I usually avoid.

Bit pointless when you can turn up to look at a car and load up the MOT history in less than 30 secs on your phone.