Stolen Check
Around 130,000 vehicles were stolen last year in the UK, that's 2500 vehicles a week and less then
half are ever recovered. Many of these stolen vehicles are sold on to unknowing buyers who will not have legal ownership.
With so many stolen cars on the market this is a key element of a car history check..
Scrapped check When a vehicle is considered too damaged to repair it is scrapped and disposed of. The DVLA issue Certificate of Destruction(CODs) to a Authorised Treatment Facilities(ATF) bodies who are licensed and approved to dismantle, recycle and dispose of scrapped vehicles under the 'end of life vehicles' regulations act of 2003. After a ATF has scrapped/recycled materials the DVLA is notified and COD is issued.
Logbook Check* False identity, there are 100s of 1000s of stolen and counterfeit logbooks in circulation in the UK. Paperwork problems could point to the car being stolen and or cloned a HPI check will flag them up. Read more about ringing and cloning here.
*V5C details required
MOT History check* can determine how a vehicle has been looked after. If it shows many past advisories or failures these may point to the car being at higher risk of future mechanical issues causing you not only inconvenience but financial outlay, so MOT history is another vital part of a history checking.
*Provided where available
Outstanding Finance Check 1 in 4 cars checked show an outstanding loan or finance aggreement still in place. If you buy one, even unknowingly, you could stand to have the car reposessed and loose what you paid for it. A vehicle, with a outstanding finance aggreement on it, will remain the property of the finance company until the debt is paid in full a HPI check will tell if there is one in place.
Number Plate Check 1 in 5 checked has had a number plate change. Many are completely innocent and done to personalise a car but others are changed in an attempt to conceal a dubious history and a HPI check will flag it up.
Import/Export checks If the car has been imported, it can be difficult to discover its history further back from
when it was first registered in the UK, so it could have had previous problems etc.
If a car is recorded as exported, it should
not be on sale here in the first place and should be avoided, again a history check will tell you.
VIN Check* The VIN(Vehicle Identification Number) is unique to a vehicle and is just as important, if not more so, than the registration number. It's possible to have issues registered against a VIN that are not recorded against the registration number. Does the VIN on the actual vehicle match that on the logbook, if not it could indicate the vehicle has been stolen, cloned or ringed. Read more about ringing and cloning here
*VIN number required
Write-off Check Around a 1000 vehicles are written-off every day! by an insurance companies and many thousands more get seriously damaged. Some can be legally repaired and returned to the road but their values are reduced. Some are deemed unrepairable and completely written off but are illegally repaired or their ID's used. A car history check will show if the vehicle has been written off by an insurance company and it's given damage category A, B, C, D, N, S see more information on write-off categories here.
Mileage Check* 1 in 11 cars checked show a mileage descrepancey and nobody wants to buy a car that's been clocked a history check will tell you and you can walk away.
*Provided where available
DVLA check Will gives you the following information: Make, Model, Engine size, Engine number, Fuel, Body style, Colour, Gearbox(if applicable), Year of manufacture, date of first registration, date of last log book issue, date current keeper acquired, MOT and TAX status, emissions, Euro status the number of previous keepers.
Valuations* Guide valuations for make and model with average mileage, in average condition.
Cost when new. Private Sale value: what you would expect to pay or receive in a private sale.
Trade-in value: What a dealer might offer in part exchange against another vehicle.
Retail/forecourt: The price you would expect to pay buying from a trader.
*Provided where available
Hidden past
1 in 3 cars checked has some form of adverse history
Financed owed
1 in 3 cars checked has a current loan or finance aggreement still in place
Mileage
1 in 11 cars checked shows a mileage descrepancey and so may have been clocked
Insurance loss
Over 2000 vehicles a day checked by HPI have been written-off by an insurance company
Car theft - Stolen recovered
Around 2500 vehicles are stolen every week in the UK and less then 50% are ever recovered
Plate changes
1 in 5 cars checked has had at least one plate change.
Write-off
380,000 cars a year are written off in the UK
False identity
Car ringing and cloning are on the increase and there are 1000s of stolen and forged v5c logbooks in circulation
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