Help please. MOT mileage discrepancy on my car :(
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Hello. Sorry for registering to ask a question and not contributing anything first, it does seem a bit cheeky but i'm in dire straits here and know next to nothing about cars and motoring.
Okay, so i'm selling my car a Toyota Yaris vvti 1.3 64 plate, 45k miles, one previous owner blah blah blah bottom line is it's a great little car and I only have to sell it because I have a new job and they demand a car that's no older than 5 years. Gutting.
So, I sold it on Friday and delivered it to the guy yesterday, all done and dusted. Anyway he calls last night not happy because of discrepancies in the MOT mileage, something that i've never bothered to or even thought to check. He brought it back today and I gave him his money back. This is what the MOT history says:
30/10/2009 - 16,144
11/03/2011 - 25,798
25/07/2012 - 67,424
19/09/2013 - 45,873
Glaring error there in 2012, obvious to me that it's human error and they've pressed the 6 key instead of the 3 key, but he says it makes the car unsellable (is that a word?).
Service history:
24/10/2005 - 3,872
31/10/2006 - 7,106
06/04/2010 - 16,585
2011 - No Service
2012 - No Service
16/05/2013 - 42,944
Now, moronically I forgot two services so I can't rely on the service mileage unfortunately. But, if I went and spoke with the garage tomorrow, same garages have done all MOT's, will they recognise their obvious error and correct the mileage? Can they even correct it?
Thanks for any helpful advice! I'm really stuck.
Okay, so i'm selling my car a Toyota Yaris vvti 1.3 64 plate, 45k miles, one previous owner blah blah blah bottom line is it's a great little car and I only have to sell it because I have a new job and they demand a car that's no older than 5 years. Gutting.
So, I sold it on Friday and delivered it to the guy yesterday, all done and dusted. Anyway he calls last night not happy because of discrepancies in the MOT mileage, something that i've never bothered to or even thought to check. He brought it back today and I gave him his money back. This is what the MOT history says:
30/10/2009 - 16,144
11/03/2011 - 25,798
25/07/2012 - 67,424
19/09/2013 - 45,873
Glaring error there in 2012, obvious to me that it's human error and they've pressed the 6 key instead of the 3 key, but he says it makes the car unsellable (is that a word?).
Service history:
24/10/2005 - 3,872
31/10/2006 - 7,106
06/04/2010 - 16,585
2011 - No Service
2012 - No Service
16/05/2013 - 42,944
Now, moronically I forgot two services so I can't rely on the service mileage unfortunately. But, if I went and spoke with the garage tomorrow, same garages have done all MOT's, will they recognise their obvious error and correct the mileage? Can they even correct it?
Thanks for any helpful advice! I'm really stuck.
Edited by paul1979uk on Sunday 22 September 11:08
IIRC you can get in touch with VOSA to correct it. I imagine it will be a painful process unless you have someone you know there, but we had a car with a similar issue and it was sorted by the dealer who bought it from us with his pal in VOSA. All above board, just done quicker because he knew the bloke.
Ace-T said:
IIRC you can get in touch with VOSA to correct it. I imagine it will be a painful process unless you have someone you know there, but we had a car with a similar issue and it was sorted by the dealer who bought it from us with his pal in VOSA. All above board, just done quicker because he knew the bloke.
Thanks for replying so quickly. Ill go see the garage tomorrow and if I need to ill call VOSA. 37k instead of 67k not only makes sense in terms of human error but 37k would make sense in terms of annual mileage.
If I'm being honest I'd either just 'lose' the mot or see what telling everyone that sees it about the error.
its not as though the cars got great service history and already looks like its been run for a couple of months a year without mots so much so it has one years less mot cert than it should unless its been sorn regularly too.
its not as though the cars got great service history and already looks like its been run for a couple of months a year without mots so much so it has one years less mot cert than it should unless its been sorn regularly too.
Ross1303 said:
If I'm being honest I'd either just 'lose' the mot or see what telling everyone that sees it about the error.
its not as though the cars got great service history and already looks like its been run for a couple of months a year without mots so much so it has one years less mot cert than it should unless its been sorn regularly too.
Unfortunately he cannot just 'lose' the MOT as this mileage will be recorded on the VOSA database that anyone can look up on-line, (this is where our problem was spotted - someone entered 57000 instead of 5700!). I certainly check when I am buying a car. Maybe he will get lucky next time. its not as though the cars got great service history and already looks like its been run for a couple of months a year without mots so much so it has one years less mot cert than it should unless its been sorn regularly too.
As you say though, the history doesn't look spotless so correcting this will help I think.
paul1979uk said:
Okay, so i'm selling my car a Toyota Yaris vvti 1.3 64 plate, 45k miles, one previous owner blah blah blah bottom line is it's a great little car and I only have to sell it because I have a new job and they demand a car that's no older than 5 years. Gutting.
Just to prove how easy it is to type the wrong number!Chim said:
V5 - Check
MOT - Check
Service History - Check
Sell car
Past MOT's. Why the fook have you even mentioned them.
I don't think he did mention them i think the guy who bought the car did some checks after he bought it, OP went above and beyond giving him his money back, checks should be done before purchasing and if there's a problem then it should be tough luck.MOT - Check
Service History - Check
Sell car
Past MOT's. Why the fook have you even mentioned them.
John.
As I have been corrected about the misplacement of an MOT I'd just say be up front about it when asked about service history etc.
If it looks right etc then I am sure someone will buy it, that said I would also expect it to go toward the lower spectrum of its value.
I'm not suggesting for a minute that there is something dodgy, and don't know why anyone would clock a yaris at those miles, but the fact that servicing is missing during the time the MOT mileage was incorrectly recorded would have my suspicions up a bit
If it looks right etc then I am sure someone will buy it, that said I would also expect it to go toward the lower spectrum of its value.
I'm not suggesting for a minute that there is something dodgy, and don't know why anyone would clock a yaris at those miles, but the fact that servicing is missing during the time the MOT mileage was incorrectly recorded would have my suspicions up a bit
To be fair you shouldn't have even given them their money back, once its sold its their problem as long as you didn't lie about it.
You kinda created the problem for yourself by accepting it back.
I would be inclined to just sell it again as I imagine the hassle involved in getting VOSA to change it isn't worth it on what I am guessing is a low value car - the problem with that is now you are aware of the problem you would have to be honest about it if asked, but as proven by the person who bought it from you originally many people on a low value car do not ask those kinds of questions so you may well be ok.
You kinda created the problem for yourself by accepting it back.
I would be inclined to just sell it again as I imagine the hassle involved in getting VOSA to change it isn't worth it on what I am guessing is a low value car - the problem with that is now you are aware of the problem you would have to be honest about it if asked, but as proven by the person who bought it from you originally many people on a low value car do not ask those kinds of questions so you may well be ok.
Edited by tyranical on Sunday 22 September 12:24
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