2018 VAUXHALL ADAM1.2L Petrol

The Vauxhall Adam presents as roadworthy with a stable maintenance trend. The most recent test on 10 March 2026 at 40,825 miles passed with no defects recorded, and the three prior passes from March 2024 through March 2025 also carried zero advisories. The only blemish is a failed test on 11 March 2024 at 32,618 miles that the DVSA log shows with no defects recorded, followed two days later by a clean pass on 13 March 2024 at the same mileage. This suggests an administrative or procedural rejection rather than a mechanical fault, and the pattern since has been clean. The odometer sat at 26,707 miles for the January 2023 test, then rose to 32,618 by March 2024, 36,472 by March 2025, and 40,825 by March 2026. That averages roughly 5,100 miles per year against an eight-year-old car, confirming light use. The jump from the 2023 to 2024 entries covers just over fourteen months yet only 5,911 miles, while the later annual intervals are tighter and consistent. No rapid accumulation or standing-still gaps appear in the data; the record is sparse but unbroken by wear-related failures. A buyer should still commission a physical inspection of suspension bushes, coil springs, and brake discs given the low annual mileage may have allowed corrosion or perishing rubber to develop unnoticed between tests. The clean advisory history means no specific structural or mechanical weaknesses were flagged by testers, so attention should fall on underbody condition and brake caliper freedom rather than rectifying known defects. Given the absence of recorded advisories across five tests, prior owners appear to have kept the car to a basic pass standard without neglect signals such as repeated tyre or emission failures. The 2024 fail with no defects logged warrants a check of the DVSA failure reason code if available, but the immediate roadworthiness position is sound as of the March 2026 certificate.