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VOLKSWAGEN GOLF1989 · 1.6L DIESEL

G174 BEJ

Vehicle Insight Summary

1989 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF — DIESEL, 1588cc. This vehicle has 180,344 miles on record. MOT status: no valid MOT. Tax: not taxed. Review the complete history and specs.

MOT

Expired

Expires 23/08/2008

Tax

SORN

Statutory Off Road Notification

Mileage: 180,344
Fuel: DIESEL
Year: 1989
Engine: 1588cc

Expert AI · Mechanic's Insight

This vehicle has not had an MOT in the past 5 years and may no longer be on the road. Automatic AI analysis has been skipped.

Free vehicle health score

/ 100 · Below Average

Public record health check: Below Average.

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✗ MOT Expired or Failed

! Tax Status Unknown

✓ Good MOT pass rate (75%)

! Older vehicle

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Full History Report

Official provenance and safety check for G174BEJ

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Stolen

Locked

Finance

Locked

Write-off

Locked

Salvage

Locked

Imported

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Exported

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Scrapped

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Destruction

Locked

V5C Logbook

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Full MOT History

AI Analysis · MOT Narrative

Checking the history for this 1989 Volkswagen Golf (G174 BEJ), we found 4 MOT results in the period of January 2006 to August 2007.

Historically, this vehicle has passed 75% of its MOT tests, totaling 3 passes against 1 fails. The pass rate is roughly in line with national averages for vehicles of this age.

The most commonly flagged areas across all MOT tests are: Lighting (2 issues), Brakes (2 issues). These areas are worth paying attention to when inspecting this vehicle.

There is 1 advisory notice in the MOT history. Advisories are not failures but indicate areas that may need attention in the future.

A total of 3 failure items have been recorded across all tests. Recent failure items include: “Rear Brake pipe kinked (3.6.B.2b)”; “Offside Stop lamp emits other than a steady red light (1.2.1e)”; “Nearside Stop lamp emits other than a steady red light (1.2.1e)”.

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PASS

FAIL

ADVISORY