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Just bought a used car.
MOT history checker looks normal when checking on current plate.
Vehicle check shows the plate was changed just after purchase, then changed back in 2018 then changed to private plate again then back to the current one a few months ago. Only 1 owner since new.
I am assuming the plate changes were a private plate, which was then swapped to another car and then back again.
I have two questions.
1. When i do a MOT check on the current plate, am i looking at my vehicle, or the vehicle it was swapped to?
2. If i check the private plate it was swapped to, it seems it doesnt exist. Is that normal?
It is based on the vehicle, not the registration mark. We have a cherished number and if you check it only shows the details for the current vehicle. I did get an MOT reminder message for a vehicle I didn't recognise; checked the history and it was our previous Discovery which had reverted back to its original VRM when we traded it in, then had another cherished number assigned to it.
OK, so the MOT history is for the vehicle not the plate... makes sense. So why would I not be able to find any history on the private plate? It basically says the number isnt valid or doesnt exist?
Because the plate is currently on retention, i.e. not on a car or it has been put on a car less that three years old. Would expect one of those two reasons.