You’re not alone. Drop in any UK registration and in seconds we’ll pull the official DVSA expiry date and tell you exactly how long you’ve got. Optionally, we’ll email you 2 weeks before so you’ve got time to book — and on the day of the test, On The Day Agent watches the DVSA for your result.
Enter your registration. We pull the official DVSA expiry date and tell you exactly how many days you have left.
Once you’ve booked, most garages won’t call to tell you when the test is done. You wait. You phone. You hope. There’s a better way — built right here on MOT AI.
Every tool below is free to use — the AI agents are the optional upgrade.
Enter the reg before you leave the garage and forget about it. On The Day Agent checks the DVSA every 15 minutes and delivers your result as soon as it lands — email or live on the page, your choice. Pass? Job done. Fail? A free plain-English breakdown of every defect, or an AI agent that goes deep on real UK repair prices.
One On The Day Agent per user per day — keeps DVSA usage fair.
Just failed? See every defect from your latest MOT translated into plain English before you ring the garage. It stops at the translation though — no repair costs, no parts research, no labour times. For all of that, send our AI Agent (£4.99) to do real UK research per defect, with every price sourced and a raft of clarifying questions you can take to the garage.
Deep research using the power of AI per failure area, summarised into an easy-to-read report with sourced prices and a raft of clarifying questions for the garage. £4.99 may save you hundreds and gives you confidence in the garage's quote and the knowledge to negotiate or find an alternative repairer.
Every MOT test on record from official DVSA data — results, mileage, advisories and defects, in seconds. You get the raw data; you do the joining-up. No recurring-fault detection, no mileage-anomaly checks, no plain-English verdict on each test — for that, send the MOT History AI Agent (£1.49) to read every line end-to-end and write you the highlights.
Reads the whole history end-to-end and writes you the highlights: recurring faults, mileage anomalies, likely replaced parts and a verdict on every test. Especially handy before buying a used car.
On The Day Agent checks the DVSA every 15 minutes and delivers your result as soon as it's published — by email or live on the page. No phoning the garage, no refreshing gov.uk. Hearing “it’s failed” from us instead of from the garage means you get to think before you’re asked to say yes.
If it fails, the Failure Research AI Agent researches real UK part prices for your exact make, model and year, and gives a labour-time estimate for every defect. You get a number to compare the garage’s number against — before you agree to anything.
Every paid report prices each job three ways: mobile mechanic (£25–£60/hr), independent garage (£50–£90/hr) and franchised dealer (£90–£180/hr). A four-hour job is £100 or £720 depending on who does it. If the quote in your hand is dealer money for an independent job, you’ll see it instantly.
Free Failure Analysis translates all 595 defect types in our database into plain English — what’s actually wrong, what a proper repair involves, and which parts it needs. Garages quote higher when they think you won’t ask. Walking in able to name the part and the job changes the conversation, and it costs nothing.
The Failure Research AI Agent is £4.99. The median defect in our database takes 1–4 hours to put right — £50–£360 in labour alone at an independent garage, more at a dealer, before a single part. Spending five pounds to find out what that job should cost is the cheapest decision in the whole process. One corrected quote pays for it seventy times over.
You don’t have to understand suspension geometry to spot a bad car — you just have to read its record, and most people have never been shown how. The MOT History AI Agent does the reading for you: which faults keep coming back, which advisories were ignored for years, whether the mileage story adds up. Plain English, £1.49, before you hand over a deposit.
The rules in plain English, so you don’t get caught driving on an expired certificate.
New cars — the first MOT is due 3 years after the date of first registration. After that — every 12 months from the date of the last test. You can test up to one calendar month early without losing the anniversary date.
The lookup above pulls straight from the official DVSA record — same data the police, MOT testers and insurers use. You can also check your V5C logbook, your last MOT certificate, or use the GOV.UK MOT checker.
Driving without a valid MOT is illegal unless you’re heading directly to a pre-booked test. You could face a fine of up to £1,000, and your insurance can be invalidated — leaving you on the hook for any accident damage.
The most common things people ask about MOT due dates and our reminder service.
Free, no account, 30 seconds. We check the DVSA every 15 minutes and deliver the result as soon as it’s published — by email or live on the page. Pass or fail.
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