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KIA SORENTO2003 · 2.5L DIESEL

SY03 FZX

Vehicle Insight Summary

Considering this 2003 KIA SORENTO? It's a DIESEL with a 2500cc engine showing 144,781 miles. MOT is not recorded and it's not currently taxed. View the full DVLA history below.

MOT

Expired

Expires 09/12/2017

Tax

Untaxed

Expires 31/05/2017

Mileage: 144,781
Fuel: DIESEL
Year: 2003
Engine: 2500cc

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

✗ Poor MOT pass rate (40%)

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Stolen

Locked

Finance

Locked

Write-off

Locked

Salvage

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Imported

Locked

Exported

Locked

Scrapped

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Destruction

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Full MOT History

AI Analysis · MOT Narrative

Our records for this Kia Sorento (SY03 FZX) from 2003 show a total of 5 MOT tests between December 2014 and December 2016.

The vehicle has achieved an overall 40% pass rate, with 2 passes and 3 failures recorded. 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 (13 issues), Suspension (6 issues), Brakes (4 issues), Tyres (4 issues), Steering (4 issues). These areas are worth paying attention to when inspecting this vehicle.

There are 24 advisory notices in the MOT history. Advisories are not failures but indicate areas that may need attention in the future.

A total of 7 failure items have been recorded across all tests. Recent failure items include: “Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a)”; “Nearside Fuel pipe leaking (7.2.3)”; “Offside Front Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)”.

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PASS

FAIL

ADVISORY