Free tool

Free car status check

The fastest way to a car’s story: tax status, MOT due date and its MOT test history. Enter any UK registration — no sign-up, no charge.

Data from official DVLA and DVSA services, retrieved live and labelled with the time it was fetched.

What this tells you

Tax status — whether the car is taxed and when it runs out.
MOT status & history — due date, pass history, recorded mileage at each test and any advisories.
Sanity check — a mismatched MOT mileage trail is one of the classic red flags.

A clean status check is not a full history check — it doesn’t cover outstanding finance or write-off categories. Cars we sell or source have those checks done and published.

How does this compare with other ways to check a car?

Route	Cost	What you get
This page (Khan Cars)	Free	Tax + MOT status and history in one flow, buying guidance, and a human to ask next — instant report once live data keys are configured; guided check until then.
GOV.UK official services	Free	The authoritative source for tax and MOT — the same services our tool builds on, in separate flows.
Marketplace checks	Free 5-point on listed cars; full report ≈ £16.95 (Auto Trader, accessed Sep 2026)	Broader paid reports (finance, write-off) — good value on a car you’re serious about.

Whichever route you use: a status check is not a full history check. For the car you’re serious about, ask us to run the complete verification as part of a sourcing brief.