MOT certificate no longer online without V5C

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Wed 5 Jun 2019 18:29
MOT certificate no longer online without V5C - catsdad
Checking the Govt MOT history site today I see you now need the V5C number to access the certificate. Previous years' history is still there but presumably that will disappear on a rolling basis in future years.

Unless I've missed something this change hasn't been mentioned in this forum so this must have changed very recently.

Its a pity for the used car buyer as it will mean you can't check up on a car and its miles and history before a wasted journey.
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Wed 5 Jun 2019 18:39
MOT certificate no longer online without V5C - RT

You can still see the history but can't see the certificate or testing station

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Wed 5 Jun 2019 19:01
MOT certificate no longer online without V5C - Bromptonaut

You can still see the history but can't see the certificate or testing station

Or the tester's observations which I suspect were the real problem.

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Wed 5 Jun 2019 23:55
MOT certificate no longer online without V5C - Andrew-T

You can still see the history but can't see the certificate or testing station

Or the tester's observations which I suspect were the real problem.

I thought there were objections to publishing the locations of each test ?

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Thu 6 Jun 2019 00:12
MOT certificate no longer online without V5C - gordonbennet

Very handy when MOT locations were listed, made avoiding cars that had spent most of their lives in the annual salt baths of Scotland and the far north easier.

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