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FORD FOCUS2008 · 1.8L DIESEL

GV08 OBU

Vehicle Insight Summary

Free vehicle summary for GV08 OBU: 2008 FORD FOCUS (BLACK, DIESEL). Mileage: 150,998. MOT: not recorded. Tax: untaxed.

MOT

Expired

Expires 27/07/2018

Tax

Untaxed

Expires 05/07/2018

Mileage: 150,998
Fuel: DIESEL
Year: 2008
Engine: 1753cc

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.

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Public record health check: Average.

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✗ MOT Expired or Failed

✓ Taxed

✓ Good MOT pass rate (80%)

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Finance

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Write-off

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Salvage

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Imported

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Exported

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Scrapped

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Full MOT History

AI Analysis · MOT Narrative

Checking the history for this 2008 Ford Focus (GV08 OBU), we found 5 MOT results in the period of July 2014 to July 2017.

Historically, this vehicle has passed 80% of its MOT tests, totaling 4 passes against 1 fails. This consistent performance at MOT centers suggests this vehicle has been kept in good order.

The most commonly flagged areas across all MOT tests are: Tyres (5 issues), Lighting (1 issue), Exhaust & Emissions (1 issue). These areas are worth paying attention to when inspecting this vehicle.

There are 4 advisory notices 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: “Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke (7.4.B.3a)”; “Offside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)”; “Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect (1.8.A.1b)”.

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PASS

FAIL

ADVISORY