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TOYOTA COROLLA1997 · 1.3L PETROL

P514 APF

Vehicle Insight Summary

Considering this 1997 TOYOTA COROLLA? It's a PETROL with a 1332cc engine showing 134,932 miles. MOT is not recorded and it's not currently taxed. View the full DVLA history below.

MOT

Expired

Expires 14/05/2013

Tax

Untaxed

Expires 30/10/2012

Mileage: 134,932
Fuel: PETROL
Year: 1997
Engine: 1332cc

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 · Poor

Public record health check: Poor.

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✗ MOT Expired or Failed

✓ Taxed

✗ Poor MOT pass rate (40%)

✗ 1 dangerous defects found recently

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Stolen

Locked

Finance

Locked

Write-off

Locked

Salvage

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Imported

Locked

Exported

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Scrapped

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Destruction

Locked

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Full MOT History

Live data last synced with DVSA: Jul 22, 2026, 04:22 AM

AI Analysis · MOT Narrative

Checking the history for this 1997 Toyota Corolla (P514 APF), we found 5 MOT results in the period of May 2010 to May 2012.

Across its entire MOT history, this Toyota has a 40% success rate (2 passes and 3 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 (8 issues), Tyres (2 issues), Windscreen (2 issues), Exhaust & Emissions (1 issue), Brakes (1 issue). These areas are worth paying attention to when inspecting this vehicle.

There are 6 advisory notices in the MOT history. Advisories are not failures but indicate areas that may need attention in the future.

A total of 5 failure items have been recorded across all tests. Recent failure items include: “Fuel pipe leaking (7.2.3)”; “Nearside Rear Registration plate lamp not working (1.1.C.1d)”; “Nearside Front Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)”.

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PASS

FAIL

ADVISORY