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CITROEN XSARA1998 · 1.9L DIESEL

R897 KVL

Vehicle Insight Summary

Free vehicle summary for R897 KVL: 1998 CITROEN XSARA (BLUE, DIESEL). Mileage: 126,867. MOT: not recorded. Tax: untaxed.

MOT

Expired

Expires 26/05/2014

Tax

Untaxed

Expires 11/06/2014

Mileage: 126,867
Fuel: DIESEL
Year: 1998
Engine: 1905cc

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

✓ Taxed

✗ Poor MOT pass rate (40%)

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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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Full MOT History

Live data last synced with DVSA: Jul 24, 2026, 06:20 AM

AI Analysis · MOT Narrative

Our records for this Citroen Xsara (R897 KVL) from 1998 show a total of 5 MOT tests between May 2012 and May 2014.

Across its entire MOT history, this Citroen 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: Brakes (16 issues), Suspension (10 issues), Lighting (5 issues), Tyres (4 issues), Bodywork (1 issue). These areas are worth paying attention to when inspecting this vehicle.

There are 19 advisory notices in the MOT history. Advisories are not failures but indicate areas that may need attention in the future.

A total of 10 failure items have been recorded across all tests. Recent failure items include: “Brakes imbalanced across an axle (3.7.B.5b)”; “Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)”; “Parking brake lever has no reserve travel (3.1.6b)”.

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PASS

FAIL

ADVISORY