▸ Vehicle History · UK Network
carinformationcheck.com is a straightforward registration lookup for UK drivers and second-hand buyers. It reports what is recorded, says so plainly where a field is unavailable, and leaves the judgement to the person about to hand over the money. Full UK car information check. Spec, history, MOT, valuation and risk flags — one complete report. Read on for what each finding means in practice and where a check stops being enough on its own.
Data sourced from DVLA, MIAFTR, contracted stolen-vehicle data and the UK lender register at lookup time.
Typical lookup completes in under one second from the UK.
Built and supported in the UK as part of the consumer side of the network.
The check returns every MOT test on record: pass and fail outcomes, the testing station name where DVSA publishes it, the mileage figure entered at the test and every advisory issued. Repeated advisories on the same component across multiple tests, where the report shows no corresponding work, are worth raising directly with the seller.
Statutory Off-Road Notifications and VED status are returned with their dates. Long, recent SORN periods may indicate a vehicle that was laid up after an incident, which is a useful corroborating signal against any insurance markers found elsewhere in the report.
Each report is timestamped and retained so it can be produced afterwards. If a seller later disputes what was disclosed, or an insurer questions when a marker first appeared, a dated report from before completion is usually the strongest document either side has. Keep the PDF with the receipt and the V5C green slip.
/ Brand consolidation
carinformationcheck.com is now part of Expert Car Check — the consolidated UK vehicle-data platform that several of these older brands have joined. The data sources are unchanged: DVLA's vehicle record, DVSA's MOT history, MIAFTR for write-offs, contracted UK data providers for stolen-vehicle markers and the UK lender register for outstanding finance. The team and the support contact are the same. What's changed is that the work that was previously spread across several smaller brands now sits in one place, which keeps response times tight and the underlying registers maintained against current DVLA schemas. Bookmarks and historic links to carinformationcheck.com continue to resolve here. If you were referred to carinformationcheck.com by a previous report, broker or print listing, this is the right page — there is no further redirect to chase.
Visit expertcarcheck.com →/ Common questions
Yes. The PDF is shareable. A seller who raises an objection to a specific finding is a useful early signal in the negotiation.
Vehicles are frequently built in one year and registered in the next, and pre-registered stock can sit unsold for months. Registration date is what determines age for valuation, tax and warranty purposes.
Usually a SORN period, a repair layup or a late test. The report shows SORN periods alongside test dates so the two can be reconciled; a gap with no SORN is the one worth asking the seller about.
The vehicle was first registered outside the UK and later imported. Imported vehicles can be entirely sound, but the absence of pre-import history is itself worth recording in the buyer's notes.
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One field. A typical lookup completes in under a second, using the same UK vehicle records relied on by trade buyers and insurers.