MOT history details.?

Question

I bought a car and just did a MOT check on www.motinfo.gov.uk

It failed on 19th May, then there was a change of details noted on that date, then it passed an other MOT on 23rd May.

In peoples past experience, does this look like a MOT failure which was sold to the garage, worked on by them then sold on to the dealer I bought it from in June?

Answer 1

No, it is quite common for a car to fail, require minor repairs that need parts shipped over from overseas - (BMW are awful with this - they don't stock any of the stuff I need, it has to come from Germany).

This could take time to arrive - say work done on Wed/Thurs, took it for the re-test on the Friday. Quite plausible.  

Answer 2

Dont worry about it, you can fail an mot on a headlight bulb that was working when you left home to go for the test but it failed on the way there.  Most mot failures are on quite minor things - it is surprising how many people go in for an mot without even checking that all their lights are working.

Answer 3

check it was retested at the same station,it wouldn't cost them to have it retested there after the work was carried out, but if they had then taken it to a different garage and it passed, it could be dodgy, find out what it failed on if you can