Which engine to avoid, whether it rusts, what to ask the seller. The things you'd only know if you'd owned ten of them, worked out from millions of MOT results, for the car you're looking at.
Got the reg from an advert? Paste it in for that exact car's MOT record, laid over what usually goes wrong with its model.
Checked against the DVSA's MOT record for the exact vehicle. We don't store the reg or track who searched it.
Which models rot, the engine that's the one to avoid, whether the cambelt is a known killer, the makes with a name for electrical gremlins. We read it out of the national MOT record so you don't have to trawl forums.
Reliable or not, ranked against other cars of its type on how often they actually fail a first MOT, not a single pass or fail on one certificate.
Paste a plate and its own history lands over the faults its model is known for, so you can tell a good one from a dog before you go and see it.
The models people buy most, by type. Open one for its reliability verdict and what to check.
Every model has its own weak spots. Fault File works them out from millions of MOT results and lays them out model by model: the faults that come up most, the ones worth asking the seller about, and how bad they are next to other cars of the same type.
From the DVSA's anonymised MOT results for the whole country. For each model we work out how often it fails a first-time MOT at a given age, then rank it against other cars of its type. No opinions, just how the cars do.
It depends on the model, and it's one of the most useful things to know before you buy. Where the data allows, each model page splits the record by engine and fuel, so you can see which versions hold up and which cause trouble.
Yes. No sign-up and no account. Look up a plate or read any model page for nothing.
You still get its full MOT history from the DVSA, plus everything known about its model. The model context comes from the whole national dataset, so it applies whether or not that particular car is a common one.