MOT Tools
Plan and prepare for the MOT. These tools work on the dates and details you type or paste from GOV.UK; to look a vehicle up, use the official GOV.UK MOT history service.
Tools in this group
Car Mileage Check: MOT Mileage History Analyser
Paste the test dates and readings from the official GOV.UK MOT history and see straight away whether any reading went down, by how much, and how many miles a year the car did.
Open →DVSA Vehicle Recall Checker Guide & What-to-Do Checklist
This page does not look up recalls: the official free check is DVSA's service on GOV.UK. Answer three questions to get a checklist of what to do next.
Open →Exhaust Emissions Test Calculator & MOT Smoke Limits
Enter the date the car was first used and your own analyser or smoke-meter readings to see which MOT default emission limits apply and whether the readings are within them.
Open →Headlight Aim Alignment Checker
Enter the lamp height, wall distance and cut-off height: get the beam drop in percent, the MOT range for your lamp and where the line should sit on the wall.
Open →MOT Advisory Check: What To Do Next
Tick the advisories on your MOT certificate or GOV.UK MOT history to see how urgent each one is, what to do next and a rough cost range for planning.
Open →MOT Checklist: Pre-MOT Checks
Tick off the checks an owner can do at home before the MOT (lights, tyres, brakes, windscreen, wipers, seatbelts, horn and warning lamps) and see what is left to do.
Open →MOT Due Date & Earliest Test Calculator
Enter the expiry date, the last pass date or a new car’s first registration date to get the due date, the earliest test that keeps your renewal date and a calendar reminder.
Open →MOT Expiry Calculator & Grace Period Rules
Enter the MOT expiry date to see the days left, the earliest test that keeps your renewal date, the next expiry if it passes then, and what the law says once it runs out.
Open →MOT Fee Calculator & Re-Test Limits
Pick the vehicle class and what happens after a fail to see the maximum MOT test fee and the most a retest can cost, from the GOV.UK fee table.
Open →UK Number Plate Check: Age & Area Decoder
Type a 2001-onwards registration to read its age identifier period and the DVLA area and office of its memory tag. For a real car’s details, use the GOV.UK vehicle enquiry.
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