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VOLVO 400 SERIES1996 · 1.8L PETROL

P236 FJA

Vehicle Insight Summary

With 110,857 miles recorded, this WHITE 1996 VOLVO 400 SERIES runs on PETROL with a 1783cc engine. MOT is not on record and tax is unpaid.

MOT

Expired

Expires 07/03/2008

Tax

Untaxed

Expires 01/09/2007

Mileage: 110,857
Fuel: PETROL
Year: 1996
Engine: 1783cc

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: Poor.

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✗ MOT Expired or Failed

✓ Taxed

! Average MOT pass rate (50%)

✗ 4 dangerous defects found recently

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Stolen

Locked

Finance

Locked

Write-off

Locked

Salvage

Locked

Imported

Locked

Exported

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Scrapped

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Destruction

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Full MOT History

MOT data last updated: 7/20/2026, 5:13:17 PM

AI Analysis · MOT Narrative

Checking the history for this 1996 Volvo 400 Series (P236 FJA), we found 2 MOT results in the period of March 2007 to March 2007.

Across its entire MOT history, this Volvo has a 50% success rate (1 passes and 1 fails). A lower-than-average pass rate suggests the vehicle may have had periods of deferred maintenance.

The most commonly flagged areas across all MOT tests are: Lighting (3 issues), Tyres (3 issues), Brakes (2 issues), Steering (1 issue), Exhaust & Emissions (1 issue). These areas are worth paying attention to when inspecting this vehicle.

There are 3 advisory notices in the MOT history. Advisories are not failures but indicate areas that may need attention in the future.

A total of 8 failure items have been recorded across all tests. Recent failure items include: “Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive (7.3.D.3)”; “Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)”; “Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)”.

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PASS

FAIL

ADVISORY