$ ecc query --domain freevehicleinfo.com --category vehicle history
› freevehicleinfo.com keeps the entry price low deliberately. A quick lookup should cost little enough that nobody talks themselves out of running one, with the paid detail reserved for the vehicle you have actually decided to pursue. Free vehicle information from DVLA records. Make, model, fuel, CO2, tax status and MOT for any UK reg. Further down, the specifics: which registers are searched, how current they are and what remains invisible to all of them.
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.
Compare the mileage stamped in the service book against the mileage recorded at each MOT for the same period. Genuine records track closely. A service stamp showing lower mileage than an MOT taken earlier the same year is either a clerical error or a fabricated stamp, and it is worth resolving before you commit.
Work top-down: outstanding finance first, because it is the only finding that can cost you the car and the money. Then theft and write-off markers, which decide whether the vehicle is legally and commercially what the advert claims. Mileage, plate history and MOT advisories come next — they rarely end a purchase on their own, but together they tell you how honestly the car has been described.
Every recorded plate transfer is returned with the previous registration where DVLA holds it. The check does not infer intent: a personalised plate is normal. A pattern of plate changes around the same period as a write-off entry is the part worth questioning.
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freevehicleinfo.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 freevehicleinfo.com continue to resolve here. If you were referred to freevehicleinfo.com by a previous report, broker or print listing, this is the right page — there is no further redirect to chase.
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It provides strong evidence but not proof. The recorded figures are entered by testers at each test, so a consistent upward sequence is reassuring, while gaps between tests remain unverified.
No. Personal details of previous keepers are protected under data-protection law and are never returned. The report gives the number of keepers and the date of each change, which is what matters for assessing the vehicle.
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.
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.
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