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

[SonicShadow]

The Mad Monk said:

vtecyo said:

Ha. Just found out that the "recommended garage" I took mine to failed my car on items that I knew about beforehand and asked them to carry out in the service before doing the MOT, and then retested it.

Another reason not to go back there.

Why wouldn't you go back there?

How dare they test the car as presented, like they are supposed to!

[M4cruiser]

Hub said:

Useful if you ever wanted to track down an old car, or a specific car... or the area someone lives in and when and where they get their car MOT'd. Great for stalkers!

Yes, and that's why I'm surprised they've added the MoT garage details to the public data.

[Hub]

It seems that the MOT garage has been removed from the search results again!

[ZOLLAR]

Hub said:

It seems that the MOT garage has been removed from the search results again!

ffs, just checked and that appears to be correct.
That's quite annoying.

[AlexRS2782]

Is it possibly because people have been abusing the system?

I've seen a number of threads across various forums where people looking to buy a private plate attached to a car, track an old car they used to own, etc, and you always get people suggesting they can just get the details of the garage / MOT centre on the .gov checker and call them or the garage and ask them to either put you in touch with the customer, try to get their customers details, etc.

Probably not what the system was intended to be used for.