2012 Vauxhall Corsa 1.0L Petrol · YR12 AEK

The Vauxhall Corsa presents as roadworthy following its most recent MOT pass on 17 February 2026 at 78,397 miles, with the maintenance trend appearing stable across the recorded history. The February 2026 pass came just two weeks after a failure on 3 February 2026 at the same mileage, though the tester logged no defects on either entry. A near-identical pattern occurred in early 2024, when the car failed on 5 February 2024 at 69,878 miles and passed the next day at 69,881 miles, again with no defects recorded. These paired fail-pass entries with zero advisories suggest administrative or presentation issues at the test centre rather than mechanical faults, and the vehicle has carried no outstanding warnings since the January 2025 clean pass at 74,188 miles. At roughly 14 years old the Corsa shows 78,397 recorded miles, an average of about 5,600 miles per year, which is low for its age and points to light use or extended periods off the road. The mileage climbed from 69,881 in February 2024 to 74,188 by January 2025, then to 78,397 by February 2026, giving a steady annual gain near 4,000 to 4,500 miles with no sudden accumulation. The DVSA data is sparse and clean, carrying no advisories on suspension bushes, brake discs, corrosion, or exhaust emissions across any test, so the record alone reveals little about wear on consumables or structural integrity. A buyer should still commission a physical inspection beneath the car. Low-mileage Vauxhalls of this era commonly develop corrosion on sills and subframes even when standing idle, and the MOT record never examined those areas closely enough to flag it. The repeated same-mileage fail-pass cycles in 2024 and 2026 warrant a check of the V5C and test certificates to confirm the entries were genuine retests rather than data errors. Given the absent advisories, focus the viewing on tyre sidewall condition, wiper operation, and handbrake travel, plus a road test to sense any binding calipers or worn coil springs the annual test did not capture. The history implies a keeper who covered few miles and kept the car through the test cycles, but the silent record offers no proof of proactive upkeep on ageing rubber or brake fluid.