2009 Vauxhall Astra 1.7L Diesel · FE09 AEK

The Vauxhall Astra presents as roadworthy following its most recent MOT pass on 15 February 2024 at 141,435 miles, with no defects recorded. The maintenance trend appears stable across the available history, though the pattern of immediate pass-after-fail retests suggests administrative or minor pre-check issues rather than progressive mechanical decline. No advisories or structural concerns appear in any test entry from 2022 to 2024. Mileage accumulation sits at a typical 8,320 miles per year for a 2009 vehicle, with the record showing 118,952 miles in February 2022, 123,486 at the February 2023 failure, and 141,435 by February 2024. That equates to roughly 17,500 miles covered in the final twelve-month span, a moderate uplift over the longer-term average but not abnormal for a commuter hatchback. The DVSA data is sparse, showing only five entries across three years, and all tests returned clean aside from the two unexplained failures three and four days before subsequent passes. The repeated fail-then-pass sequence on 10 and 16 February 2023, and again on 12 and 15 February 2024, both within sub-20-mile gaps, indicates the car was presented with no recorded defects yet initially rejected. A buyer should verify with the selling garage what triggered those rejections, as the DVSA fields show no fault codes, lighting, tyre, or emissions entries to explain them. Given the clean advisories, suspension bushes, coil springs, brake discs, and underbody corrosion should still be physically inspected for age-related wear not captured in the pass certificates. At 141,435 miles and seventeen years old, the Astra's mechanical history implies consistent if unremarkable upkeep by prior owners, with no flagging of binding calipers, exhaust deterioration, or structural integrity loss. Prospective purchasers ought to commission an independent inspection of drivetrain condition and chassis rust before completion, since the MOT record alone offers no visibility of consumable fatigue between tests.