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LAND ROVER DEFENDER1998 · 2.5L DIESEL

R994 RTS

Vehicle Insight Summary

Considering this 1998 LAND ROVER DEFENDER? It's a DIESEL with a 2495cc engine showing 111,790 miles. MOT is not recorded and it's not currently taxed. View the full DVLA history below.

MOT

Expired

Expires 03/02/2018

Tax

SORN

Statutory Off Road Notification

Mileage: 111,790
Fuel: DIESEL
Year: 1998
Engine: 2495cc

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 · Below Average

Public record health check: Below Average.

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✗ MOT Expired or Failed

! Tax Status Unknown

! Average MOT pass rate (60%)

! Older vehicle

A score of 45 doesn't mean it's safe to buy. Private markers don't appear in public data.

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Full History Report

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Stolen

Locked

Finance

Locked

Write-off

Locked

Salvage

Locked

Imported

Locked

Exported

Locked

Scrapped

Locked

Destruction

Locked

V5C Logbook

Locked

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Full MOT History

AI Analysis · MOT Narrative

Checking the history for this 1998 Land Rover Defender (R994 RTS), we found 5 MOT results in the period of January 2015 to January 2017.

Historically, this vehicle has passed 60% of its MOT tests, totaling 3 passes against 2 fails. While not perfect, the history shows a relatively typical pattern of MOT passes and fails.

The most commonly flagged areas across all MOT tests are: Lighting (18 issues), Brakes (8 issues), Suspension (4 issues). These areas are worth paying attention to when inspecting this vehicle.

There are 31 advisory notices in the MOT history. Advisories are not failures but indicate areas that may need attention in the future.

A total of 4 failure items have been recorded across all tests. Recent failure items include: “Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.C.1b)”; “Offside Front Inner Brake pipe excessively corroded (3.6.B.2c)”; “Nearside Front Inner Brake pipe excessively corroded (3.6.B.2c)”.

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PASS

FAIL

ADVISORY