2016 Skoda Octavia 2.0L Diesel · KR65 AEK

The 2016 Skoda Octavia presents as roadworthy with a stable maintenance trend, evidenced by the most recent DVSA test on 14 January 2026 at 114,085 miles returning a pass with no defects recorded. Prior annual tests in January 2025 at 108,205 miles and January 2024 at 105,031 miles also passed cleanly, indicating the vehicle has avoided accumulating advisories or repeat mechanical faults across its later life. Mileage sits at a typical 11,408 per year against the car's ten-year age, though the record shows a sharp jump of roughly 20,000 miles between the January 2023 test at 84,845 miles and the January 2024 figure of 105,031 miles. The earlier 5 January 2023 entry logged a fail at 84,844 miles with no defects recorded, immediately followed the same day by a pass at 84,845 miles, a clerical or administrative rejection rather than a genuine mechanical fault. Aside from that anomaly and the single high-use year, the history is sparse and clean with no corrosion, suspension bushes, brake discs, or exhaust emissions issues ever flagged. A buyer should still commission an independent inspection of structural integrity and underbody corrosion given the car is now a decade old and has covered 114,000 miles. The clean MOT trail offers no evidence of binding calipers, worn coil springs, or failing suspension components, but consumable items such as tyres, wiper blades, and brake pad thickness fall outside the scope of a pass-with-no-defects record and warrant physical verification. The absence of recurring advisories suggests previous owners kept basic upkeep current rather than deferring worn-part replacements. Treat the 2023 dual-entry as a non-mechanical event and rely on a pre-purchase check to confirm the Octavia's mechanical condition matches its unblemished test lineage.