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What we check

What our car check covers

Front model portrait of a blue Ford Fiesta
AB12CDEMatched public recordRepresentative model · not the exact vehicle

Every check begins with the free public record for the car. The Car Health Check reads that record and values the car. The CAR Confidence Score adds the legal checks that need paid data.

Run a free vehicle check

Free check and two reports

Each report builds on the free check

You never type the registration twice. A paid report picks up the car you’ve already checked and adds to what you can see.

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Free Vehicle Check

For every car you look at. The official record for the registration, straight away and with no account.

  • Registration, make and model
  • Year, colour, fuel and engine
  • Tax, MOT and official mileage
  • Every MOT test since 2005
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Car Health Check

For the two or three on your shortlist. Reads that record for you: the upkeep the MOT history shows, whether the mileage adds up and what the car is worth.

  • A risk rating: low, medium or high
  • Mileage pattern and usage
  • MOT defects and repair ranges
  • Asking price compared with the valuation
  • Seller questions for the viewing
03

CAR Confidence Score

For the car you mean to buy. Adds the checks that need paid data, so you know the car isn’t owed on, stolen or written off.

  • Outstanding finance and stolen records
  • Write-off, scrapped and exported records
  • Number of previous keepers
  • The CAR Confidence Score out of 100
The free result always comes first. Enter the registration, read the record, then decide whether the car deserves a paid report.No account needed for the free check
MOT checkMOT status and expiry, then every test since 2005 with failures, advisories and mileage.FreeCar tax checkTaxed, untaxed or SORN, with the date the tax runs out.FreeReg checkLook up any number plate: make, model, colour, engine and status.FreeMileage checkThe odometer reading at every MOT, with any mileage that goes backwards.FreeOutstanding finance checkWhether money is still owed on the car, before you pay.In the CAR Confidence ScoreWrite-off checkInsurance write-off categories, including Cat S and Cat N.In the CAR Confidence ScoreStolen car checkWhether the car has been reported stolen, plus how to spot a clone.In the CAR Confidence ScoreDVLA vehicle checkWhat the DVLA holds on any registration, with the MOT history beside it.FreeMOT due date checkThe date a car’s MOT runs out, with how early you can renew it.FreeNumber plate checkWhat a plate says about a car’s age, plus the vehicle it belongs to.FreeCar tax calculatorWhat a car costs to tax for a year, from GOV.UK’s published rates.FreePrevious owners checkHow many keepers a car has had, before you become the next one.In the CAR Confidence ScoreV5C logbook checkWhen the logbook was last issued, plus how to check the one you’re shown.FreeSORN checkWhether a car is declared off the road and what that means if you buy it.Free