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VOLKSWAGEN BORA2000 · 1.9L DIESEL

W161 ASB

Vehicle Insight Summary

Considering this 2000 VOLKSWAGEN BORA? It's a DIESEL with a 1896cc engine showing 172,444 miles. MOT is not recorded and it's not currently taxed. View the full DVLA history below.

MOT

Expired

Expires 03/06/2014

Tax

Untaxed

Expires 01/06/2014

Mileage: 172,444
Fuel: DIESEL
Year: 2000
Engine: 1896cc

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

✓ Taxed

! Average MOT pass rate (60%)

! Older vehicle

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Stolen

Locked

Finance

Locked

Write-off

Locked

Salvage

Locked

Imported

Locked

Exported

Locked

Scrapped

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Destruction

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Full MOT History

Live data last synced with DVSA: Jun 4, 2026, 01:31 AM

AI Analysis · MOT Narrative

Our records for this Volkswagen Bora (W161 ASB) from 2000 show a total of 5 MOT tests between February 2011 and June 2013.

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 (4 issues), Suspension (2 issues), Brakes (2 issues), Tyres (1 issue). These areas are worth paying attention to when inspecting this vehicle.

There are 5 advisory notices in the MOT history. Advisories are not failures but indicate areas that may need attention in the future.

A total of 9 failure items have been recorded across all tests. Recent failure items include: “Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)”; “Offside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter insecure to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”; “Nearside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter insecure to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dir”.

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PASS

FAIL

ADVISORY