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VOLKSWAGEN GOLF1995 · 1.9L DIESEL

M494 MUW

Vehicle Insight Summary

Considering this 1995 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF? It's a DIESEL with a 1896cc engine showing 175,675 miles. MOT is not recorded and it's not currently taxed. View the full DVLA history below.

MOT

Expired

Expires 29/09/2011

Tax

SORN

Statutory Off Road Notification

Mileage: 175,675
Fuel: DIESEL
Year: 1995
Engine: 1896cc

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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/ 100 · Poor

Public record health check: Poor.

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✗ MOT Expired or Failed

! Tax Status Unknown

✗ Poor MOT pass rate (40%)

✗ 1 dangerous defects found recently

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Finance

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Write-off

Locked

Salvage

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Imported

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Exported

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Scrapped

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Full MOT History

Live data last synced with DVSA: Jun 4, 2026, 02:22 AM

AI Analysis · MOT Narrative

Our records for this Volkswagen Golf (M494 MUW) from 1995 show a total of 5 MOT tests between May 2009 and October 2010.

The vehicle has achieved an overall 40% pass rate, with 2 passes and 3 failures recorded. Given the frequent MOT failures, it is worth checking if major repairs have been properly addressed.

The most commonly flagged areas across all MOT tests are: Lighting (24 issues), Brakes (13 issues), Suspension (9 issues), Steering (2 issues), Tyres (1 issue). These areas are worth paying attention to when inspecting this vehicle.

There are 45 advisory notices in the MOT history. Advisories are not failures but indicate areas that may need attention in the future.

A total of 12 failure items have been recorded across all tests. Recent failure items include: “Offside Front Tyre has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (4.1.D.1a)”; “Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber mounting bonding deteriorated resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)”; “Offside Headlamp aim too low (1.8)”.

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PASS

FAIL

ADVISORY