New MOT History site now live.

[anonymous user]

I doubt that I shall ever buy a second hand car again. Just about every car I look at on ebay now, I end up checking the Mot history, usually to find that it has failed the MOT, then passed but still with a long list of advisories. Maybe that's because I only look at shit cars though. It's even stranger that some, where the ad quotes it as having an MOT, won't come up at all, saying no details available. (Like that Merc in the attic from the ebay tat thread)

[sierraman]

It's not a bad thing a few advisories, unless they seem to make a cameo appearance every year.

 

I'd be incredibly wary of stuff showing subframe corrosion, oil leaks, recent fails for corrosion then a subsequent pass. Usually some birdshit welding followed by a load of tiger seal and a coat of under seal.

[Felly Magic]

It was dowd earlier when I wanted to check that Weewah Deewahs Pandah that Ed wankered up, with no mention of repairing the gaffer taped up door bottoms

[Eddie Honda]

It's even stranger that some, where the ad quotes it as having an MOT, won't come up at all, saying no details available. (Like that Merc in the attic from the ebay tat thread)

It comes up on the VES - MOT expires 20th April 2016. Fire an email off and complain that their BETA service is a steamin' pile o'cack.

[spike60]

My old BMW 540i is recorded as having
 

Nearside Rear Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)

Offside Rear Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)

Offside Rear Tyre has ply or cords exposed (4.1.D.1b)

 

and all can say is it didn't. I owned the car at the time of all recorded tests and i've never had a car fail on a tyre, let alone 2, one of which was down to the wire. Are there many other errors like this recorded?

[beko1987]

My stepdads last red Zafira - HN60YGW had an advisory on its first MOT for the numberplates being a bit shit

 

• Test date10 February 2014
• Expiry date16 February 2015
• Test ResultPass
• Odometer reading79,001 miles
• MOT test number4196 5154 4038
• Advisory notice item(s)
  
  Front registration plate deteriorated but not likely to be misread (6.3.1d)

  Rear registration plate deteriorated but not likely to be misread (6.3.1d)

   

  That's about right, as I peeled the reflective films off both by its second year as they were peeling off! Then just polished the plastic underneath every time I washed it so it wasnt too blatent...

[Cheezey]

Ha ha. Celebrities shoddy car maintenance has given me loads of material for my radio show today.

Are you on Kingdom FM? I randomly remember hearing someone on the radio talking about Lilly Allen and Paul Daniels on this topic.

[Coprolalia]

This site is ace for scoping eBay purchases. I've been nosing about for a derv 205 WBOD in a half arsed way. One popped up locally for £200 with stellar mileage but MOT.

 

Mot-history says:

Galloping rot everywhere. Leaky brake pipes and fuel pipes.

 

That'll be a no then.

[3VOM]

So today I tested a car which had a screw in the tyre.

 

On the old mot system there were 'non component related advisisories" one of which was "nail in tyre"

 

New system doesn't have this but has a text box to type an advisory in to.

 

I typed in "screw in offside rear tyre"

 

It came up with an error code along the lines of "A profanity has been detected"

 

So I can't say "screw", that's the end of the road for advisories such as "shit wheels"

You obviously aren't being specific enough. If you'd said "Philips 1 1/2" No 6 in offside read tyre" you would have been OK.

How you get round severely corroded flange, I can't help you.

[fatharris]

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/triumph-dolomite-triumph-1500tc-1976-delft-blue/1136609347

 

Who fancies a laugh?

 

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[Station]

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/triumph-dolomite-triumph-1500tc-1976-delft-blue/1136609347

 

Who fancies a laugh?

 

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This car despite a few minor dents and rust is in good condition.

 

Reads like: "Despite collapsing on stage from a massive heart attack, and immediately dying on the spot, Tommy Cooper was in good condition."

[doobietoo]

that's the longest list I have seen so far !!!!

 

It would have been quicker to list the items that passed....

[Bren]

My SD1 had no advisories for corrosion despite being more rotten than the tory work and pensions minister.

 

Helen Keller must have been an MOT examiner.

[Christine]

What do you write if a grease nipples leaking? 

[Ghosty]

It's lactating.

[Felly Magic]

So you can't put in the advisory, It's a Vauxhall, so it's shit then?

[Felly Magic]

The Weewah Deewahs Pandah, here's the MOT fails from this September....Brake pipes are a serious worry tbh to say he was allegedly fannying about underneath, and these would have been spotted, and do question the ability of him as a spanner wielding monkey.

 

• Reason(s) for failure
  
  centre rear Brake hose bulging under pressure (3.6.B.3)

  nearside rear Brake pipe inadequately supported (3.6.B.1)

  centre front Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)

  offside rear Registration plate lamp not working (1.1.C.1d)

  nearside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated (2.5.A.2)

[gary_davidson]

just checked out the blue Trevi that been on ebay for donkeys

 

• Advisory notice item(s)
  
  Front Subframe mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)

  Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 40mm circle outside zone 'A' (8.3.1d)

I was expecting worse considering how long he's been trying to shift it

[Negative Creep]

I need my neighbour's 54 plate Fiesta, only ever failed on a few bulbs and wiper blades!

[Negative Creep]

And this is my Dad's Foucs. Jammy sod

 

MOT history of this vehicle

• Test date 19 October 2015
• Expiry date 31 October 2016
• Test Result Pass
• Odometer reading 112,578 miles
• MOT test number 2617 1789 4841

• Test date 20 October 2014
• Expiry date 31 October 2015
• Test Result Pass
• Odometer reading 107,273 miles
• MOT test number 2267 7349 4257

• Test date 21 October 2013
• Expiry date 31 October 2014
• Test Result Pass
• Odometer reading 105,452 miles
• MOT test number 3092 8419 3258

• Test date 15 July 2013
• Expiry date 14 July 2014
• Test Result Pass
• Odometer reading 104,471 miles
• MOT test number 2663 8689 3144

• Test date 19 October 2012
• Expiry date 31 October 2013
• Test Result Pass
• Odometer reading 102,607 miles
• MOT test number 4776 8399 2272
• Advisory notice item(s)
  
  Offside Front Anti-roll bar has slight play in a pin/bush (2.4.G.2)

  exhaust outer skin coroded

• Test date 17 October 2011
• Expiry date 31 October 2012
• Test Result Pass
• Odometer reading 100,013 miles
• MOT test number 4683 0079 1277

• Test date 11 October 2010
• Test Result Fail
• MOT test number 2616 0478 0293
• Reason(s) for failure
  
  Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)

• Test date 11 October 2010
• Expiry date 31 October 2011
• Test Result Pass
• MOT test number 6436 8498 0279

• Test date 23 October 2009
• Expiry date 31 October 2010
• Test Result Pass
• MOT test number 3345 8689 9218

• Test date 24 October 2008
• Expiry date 31 October 2009
• Test Result Pass
• MOT test number 6132 0849 8281

• Test date 31 October 2007
• Expiry date 31 October 2008
• Test Result Pass
• MOT test number 2414 8470 7300

• Test date 30 October 2006
• Expiry date 31 October 2007
• Test Result Pass
• MOT test number 6517 0350 6331

[brickwall]

Jeez!!!!! A Focus as well. Bloody lucky, I say, or he got the opposite of a lemon.

[Mat.T]

My dads then Sisters Citroen C3 makes for interesting reading, it was sold in 2012 to webuyanycar! It some how managed to lose 100k after it was sold.

 

 

• Vehicle make CITROEN
• Vehicle model C3
• Date first used 31 October 2002
• Fuel type Diesel
• Colour Silver

 

MOT history of this vehicle

• Test date 7 November 2014
• Expiry date 11 November 2015
• Test Result Pass
• Odometer reading 116,539 miles
• MOT test number 4093 2191 4461

• Test date 19 October 2013
• Expiry date 11 November 2014
• Test Result Pass
• Odometer reading 109,883 miles
• MOT test number 9255 9239 3258

• Test date 18 October 2013
• Test Result Fail
• Odometer reading 109,843 miles
• MOT test number 1867 0169 3245
• Reason(s) for failure
  
  Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)

  Nearside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)

  Offside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)

  Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect (1.8.A.1b)

• Test date 12 November 2012
• Expiry date 11 November 2013
• Test Result Pass
• Odometer reading 97,940 miles
• MOT test number 5492 3781 2353
• Advisory notice item(s)
  
  offside wiper slightly searing

• Test date 27 October 2011
• Expiry date 30 October 2012
• Test Result Pass
• Odometer reading 192,929 miles
• MOT test number 1685 8000 1346

• Test date 26 October 2011
• Test Result Fail
• Odometer reading 192,924 miles
• MOT test number 4496 7999 1277
• Reason(s) for failure
  
  Nearside Headlamp aim too low (1.

  Offside Headlamp aim too low (1.

  Offside Front Body has a sharp edge caused by damage (6.1.C.1)

   

   

 

[Negative Creep]

Jeez!!!!! A Focus as well. Bloody lucky, I say, or he got the opposite of a lemon.

 

 

And in that entire time the only non-consumable he's ever had to change has been a snapped power steering belt!

[Jerzy Woking]

https://www.gumtree.com/p/vans/fold-transit-1989-diesel-generation-with-only-70-000-miles-on-the-clock/1139401357

 

£950, no MOT.

 

 

• Test date 14 September 2015
• Test Result Fail
• Odometer reading 76,970 miles
• MOT test number 2014 6983 1628
• Reason(s) for failure
  
  offside Registration plate lamp not working (1.1.C.1d)

  nearside front Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded crossmember (2.4.A.3)

  nearside front Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded chassis (2.4.A.3)

  nearside front Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded inner wing (2.4.A.3)

  offside front Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded crossmember (2.4.A.3)

  offside rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded inner sill (2.4.A.3)

  nearside rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded crossmember and closing panel (2.4.A.3)

  offside rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded crossmember and closing panels (2.4.A.3)

  offside rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded inner arch detached from load floor (2.4.A.3)

  offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded inner sill (5.2.6)

  Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel (steering rack fitted) (2.2.A.1b)
• Advisory notice item(s)
  
  nearside front Shock absorber has a light misting of oil (2.7.3)

  nearside front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)

  nearside rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)

 

[Ghosty]

Just looked up my mum's 70-something friend's 2002 C3 out of interest, it's basically only used for trips to church and the supermarket, and is only on 50k but it's in a terrible state - well it is a C3, they fall apart for fun. Apparently it ran round for 2-3 years with no rear bump stops

[michael1703]

not working again

 

I tested a car today that failed on 25 items, still has a current mot though as it previous owner got a dodgy mot so he could plate rape it

[brickwall]

The Queen's cars don't come up. I wonder if she needs an MOT (the car I mean)

[Negative Creep]

Has anyone managed to find a bona fide "not had time 2 put in 4 MOT but will go straight thru" ad which has a War & Peace length fail list yet?

[ruffgeezer]

Nearly bought an motless Berlingo; remembered the mot checker "haven't tried to mot it yet, came as trade"

 

• Reason(s) for failure
  
  offside rear Stop lamp not working (1.2.1b)

  nearside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded outer sill (5.2.6)

  offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded outer sill (5.2.6)

  offside front Front suspension has excessive movement at a suspension ball joint bottom arm ball joint (2.5.A.1c)

  offside front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a pin/bush (2.4.G.2)

  front Tyre(s) incorrect because different size tyres are fitted on the same axle. (4.1.A.1a)

  nearside rear Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)

  offside rear Axle swivel joint has excessive play axle end bearing (2.5.A.3b)

  Brake load sensing valve defective and function impaired spring broken (3.6.E.3)

  Brake load sensing valve seized (3.6.E.3)

  Brake pipe excessively corroded front to rear to load sensor (3.6.B.2c)

  nearside rear Brake pipe excessively corroded from limiter to flexi pipe (3.6.B.2c)

  rear brake application uneven offside rear (3.7.B.2)
• Advisory notice item(s)
  
  Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp does not illuminate (5.4.2)

  nearside front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)

  front Brake pipe slightly corroded to flexi pipes (3.6.B.2c)

  Brake pipe slightly corroded both rear from flexi to drum (3.6.B.2c)

  offside rear Brake pipe slightly corroded from limiter to flexi pipe (3.6.B.2c)

  Direction indicator slightly discoloured both rear (1.4.A.2f)

   

   

  Lucky to swerve that one, it'd failed twice for the same thing within a month of each other for some reason!

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

The previous owner of my Sprite had a thing about lights. Well, it's not like you can test them at home.

 

2007:

Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam 

Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam 

Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam 

Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working

Offside Rear Stop lamp not working 

Nearside Rear Registration plate lamp not working

 

2009:

Nearside Front Direction indicator not working 

Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam

Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam

Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam 

Offside Headlamp not working on main beam 

 

2010:

Nearside Headlamp aim too low

Offside Headlamp aim too low

 

2012:

Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam 

Offside Headlamp not working on main beam