Full MOT history with mileage and advisory notes
Free car check
Start with the essentials before you view the car
Run a free UK vehicle check to see the MOT record, tax status, vehicle timeline, running costs and emissions-zone signals before you spend money.
Instant UK data. No email needed to start.
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See exactly what you’ll get before you buy
Open a sample report with the same structure, evidence hierarchy and buying-decision sections used in the live check.
Included
What you see in the report
Road tax and vehicle identity from DVLA sources
Timeline events including first registration, MOT tests and keeper change
Running-cost estimate and emissions-zone context
Instant report with no email required to start
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Included here, locked below
MOT, tax and vehicle timeline
IncludedKeeper, import and scrapped markers
LockedFinance, stolen and write-off checks
LockedEvidence
Designed for a buying decision
MOT
Maintenance pattern
Scan pass, fail and advisory history quickly before you decide whether a viewing is worth your time.
TAX
On-road basics
Confirm core DVLA status and estimate monthly running costs with the registration you already have.
What a free check can and can't tell you
A free check answers the questions that have a public record behind them. You get the full MOT history, so you can see every test, every failure and every advisory the tester wrote down. You get the tax and identity data DVLA holds. And you get the timeline: first registration, plate changes, the shape of the car's paperwork life.
That's enough to rule a car out. A mileage reading that drops between tests, a run of advisories on the same corner of the car, a plate change nobody mentioned — any of those is a reason to walk away before you've spent a penny or an afternoon.
What it can't do is tell you who has a claim on the car. Finance, theft markers and insurance write-off categories don't appear in the free data, because they aren't in the public record. That's not a gap we can close for free; it's the line between what the state publishes and what the industry databases hold.
So use the free check first, and use it early — before you drive across three counties to see something. If it comes back clean and you're getting serious, that's the point to pay for the parts it can't see.
FAQ
Before you run the check
Do I need an account for the free check?
No. Enter the registration and start with the free report before deciding whether to upgrade.
What can the free check not tell me?
Finance, stolen, write-off, valuation and some identity checks require the paid reports because they use licensed data.
How quickly are results shown?
The report is generated instantly once the vehicle data is available.