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Data sourced from DVLA, MIAFTR, contracted stolen-vehicle data and the UK lender register at lookup time.
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Built and supported in the UK as part of the consumer side of the network.
For vehicles over £10,000, ex-fleet stock, anything advertised as 'just imported' or any car where the registered address sits a long way from the listing, treat a summary check as a starting point rather than the verdict. a full vehicle history report, a pre-purchase inspection at the seller's address and a finance settlement letter where applicable are the three layers that catch the cases a quick lookup will not.
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.
MOT advisories are the closest thing to a free service history. A car with corrosion advisories that recur year after year has been tested but not repaired; one where an advisory appears once and never returns has probably had the work done. The pattern over five tests tells you more than any single result.
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freecarhpi.co.uk 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 freecarhpi.co.uk continue to resolve here. If you were referred to freecarhpi.co.uk by a previous report, broker or print listing, this is the right page — there is no further redirect to chase.
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Read it as a maintenance record. Advisories that recur year after year suggest deferred work; advisories that appear once and disappear suggest the repair was done. The pattern is more informative than any single test.
Previous keeper count and dates, full MOT pass and fail history with advisories, recorded mileage at every MOT, plate change history, SORN periods, import marker if applicable, and the recorded VIN, engine number, colour and fuel type from DVLA.
It shows the recorded number of previous keepers and the date each took ownership. It does not return the names or addresses of previous keepers, which are protected under data-protection law.
No. Service records are held by garages and manufacturers, not by DVLA, and are not part of any vehicle history report. Ask the seller for the service book and look for stamped, dated entries with mileage.
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