Vehicle History Check
A history check covers what MOT data doesn't: outstanding finance, insurance write-offs, theft markers, scrap records. Worth doing before you commit.
VCheck1.4L · PETROL · BLACK
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MOT history assessment only · Not a substitute for independent inspection
For sellers
Download the score card and add it to your listing photos. Buyers see at a glance you've checked the MOT history.
3 late tests; the longest lapse was 76 days with no MOT certificate, before the 25 January 2023 test. Ask the seller why. A car kept off the road under a SORN needs no MOT, so a gap can have an innocent explanation.
The average Bonafied score for a 2015 AUDI A3 is 67 (based on 105 cars). This one is above average.
All 8 odometer readings run forward; one year's mileage sits well above or below the others. Not a backward step, so no warning.
This car has been due an MOT for 9 years, and about 12 months of that aren't covered by a test. The 25 January 2023 test came 15 months after the one before it, which accounts for about 3 of those months. The rest isn't hidden, it's just not in the digital record: paper history from before May 2005, time spent off the road, or years abroad before the car came to the UK. We can't tell which, and we don't guess. So the score is pulled toward the middle of the scale. It cuts both ways: a partial record can't reach the top, and it can't reach the bottom either. If the missing time matters to you, ask the seller what they know about it.
DVLA records show this vehicle as untaxed without a SORN declaration. Vehicles should normally be one or the other; this combination usually means paperwork hasn't been finalised. Worth confirming with the seller before any viewing or payment.
The last 2 tests were clean. We call it a run from three.
We do not check the write-off register. This lamp lights only when a listing we have seen declared the car as a Cat S, N, C or D. An HPI check covers the register and the rest of the history that MOT data does not.
None of the 8 tests recorded a structural defect: corrosion or damage to a part the car's strength depends on.
Nothing in the DVLA record suggests an import. Its registration is a normal age-related plate, not a Q-plate.
Average 7,280 miles per year.
Fuel
Petrol
CO₂
109 g/km
Euro Standard
Euro 6
CAZ Status
Compliant
Annual VED
£20/yr
V5C last issued
1 Oct 2026
Registered
Peterborough
8 tests on record · tap a test
marks a reading or test date worth checking. Open the row to see why.
Passed with no advisories.
This test came about 13 days after the last certificate ran out, so the car was without an MOT certificate for that time.
Passed with no advisories.
This test came about 76 days after the last certificate ran out, so the car was without an MOT certificate for that time. See Need to know.
Passed with no advisories.
Passed with no advisories.
Passed with no advisories.
This test came about 75 days after the last certificate ran out, so the car was without an MOT certificate for that time. See Need to know.
Passed with no advisories.
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