Included in every UK report
Service records from previous keepers
A franchised dealer's computer forgets a car once it starts going to a local garage. Previous keepers can put that servicing back on the record, and every UK report shows what they chose to share.
Find Your Car's Service History Online
Check your car's service history using official UK manufacturer dealership records. Enter a registration number to see every franchised dealer service on file — dates, mileages, and work performed.
Full dealership records for BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Ford, Toyota, Volkswagen and many more — plus partial coverage for many others. Your card is authorised but not charged unless we find records.
What are previous-keeper records?
Why the dealer record runs out
Manufacturer service records are written by franchised dealers, into the manufacturer’s own system. While a car is under warranty that is usually where it goes, so the record is good. Once the warranty ends, most owners move to a local garage, whose invoices go home with the owner, and with them the evidence of what was done.
When the car is sold, the invoices often are not. A buyer of a nine-year-old car can end up looking at four dealer entries and five blank years, with no way to tell neglect apart from a careful owner who used an independent.
Who adds them
Owners. Anyone can photograph invoices and stamped service-book pages into a free digital service book or onto a report they bought. Sharing with future buyers is a separate, optional tick.
Motor traders. Approved trade accounts can record work their own workshop carried out. Their entries carry the business name, and a buyer can weigh them knowing who wrote them.
The tests an entry must pass before anyone else sees it
- Its contributor opted in. Sharing is never the default and can be withdrawn later.
- Its mileage fits the MOT history. The reading can be no lower than the odometer figure at the MOT test before the service, and no higher than the one at the test after it. Those figures come from DVSA, and nobody adding a record can change them. A car with no MOT history cannot pass this test.
- Its paperwork is about this car. For an uploaded document, the registration or VIN printed on it has to match.
- It is routine maintenance. It has to describe a service, such as an oil or filter change. Tyre, battery and repair receipts stay private.
- Its details were read clearly. A date, a mileage and a garage name, with nothing we could only half read.
- It has waited. 30 days for an entry added to a paid report, 60 for one in a free service book, and 90 for a trader’s typed entry.
- The car is not crowded with it. At most 12 shared entries per vehicle, and no more than six from any one person.
An entry a private owner types without a document stays on their own report and never reaches anyone else’s. A trusted motor trader’s typed entry can, under the trader’s name, after the longer wait.
What a buyer sees
Four details: the date, the garage, the work and the mileage. For a motor trader’s entry, the business name and the date it was recorded as well.
Never the document itself, never a private keeper’s identity, and never an invoice number or VAT number. Either would let somebody phone the garage and find the customer. What anyone paid is not shown either.
How much weight to give them
Treat them as good evidence, not proof. We have not inspected the car or spoken to the garage. The only figure tested against something independent is the mileage. The date, the garage and the description of work are as the contributor gave them.
That single test still counts for a lot. To invent a believable history somebody would need every mileage to agree with readings taken by MOT testers over the years, which is much harder than writing plausible numbers on an invoice.
Putting your own car on the record
Start a digital service book from the registration, photograph what you have, check what we read off each page, and choose whether to share. Your entries are on your own record whichever you choose.
Sharing is what lets the history outlast your ownership. The next keeper, and the one after, see the servicing you paid for on every service history report (£9.99) run on the car.
Supported Brands
Manufacturer Records
We access service history data directly from manufacturer dealership systems — covering most European vehicles from 2012 model year onwards.
Full Service History
(18)Itemised dealer records: the date of each franchised visit, the odometer reading, what was done and which dealer did it.
Workshop Remarks
(13)Entries come from recall and warranty work rather than routine servicing, so they rarely list what was serviced. Visits that fall about a service interval apart still suggest the car was being looked after at the dealer.
Limited Coverage
(14)The dealer system answers for only a minority of these cars, and often briefly. Whether anything comes back depends on the individual car.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this cost anything extra?
No. Every UK service history report looks for these records, consumer and trade alike, at no extra charge. A consumer report is £9.99, and the card is only charged when manufacturer records are found.
Why are there no previous-keeper records on my report?
Most cars have none yet. A record only exists here because somebody who kept the car photographed the paperwork, chose to share it, and the entry then passed every test on this page. The pool started empty in September 2026 and grows one documented car at a time, so an empty section says nothing about whether the car was serviced.
Could a seller invent services to make a car look better?
They could try, and the tests are designed to make it hard rather than impossible. The mileage has to fall between the car's own MOT readings, which are public and which the seller cannot edit. Uploaded paperwork has to name this car. Nothing appears for at least 30 days, and one person can put at most six entries on a car. What none of that proves is that the work was done, which is why the report labels these records as unverified.
I documented my car myself. Why don't my entries show in this section?
They do appear on your report, in your own section. This section is reserved for entries from other people, because a record cannot corroborate the person who added it.
Can I take my records back out?
Yes, at any time. Untick sharing, or delete the record or its document, and it stops appearing on reports run from then on. We cannot recall a copy of a report that somebody has already downloaded.
Will a buyer find out who I am?
Not if you are a private keeper. The report shows the date, garage, work and mileage, and nothing that identifies you. Motor traders are the exception: they agree to be named, because a business putting its name to a record is what gives that record its weight.
How long does the service history check take?
Most reports arrive within 1–2 minutes of payment. We submit the lookup to the manufacturer dealer system as soon as the card is authorised. If the dealer system is slow we hold the order and email you the report when it lands — typically the same hour.
Will the report show services done at independent garages?
No. The manufacturer dealer system only holds records for visits to franchised dealerships. Independent garage services don't appear in the manufacturer database — that's the same gap any main dealer would see if you asked them directly. For independents, look for paper invoices or receipts from the seller.
Can I check service history without a registration?
If you have the 17-character VIN you can run the lookup at /check-service-history-by-vin instead. The VIN route is helpful for imports, vehicles awaiting registration, or auction stock. Otherwise the UK registration (VRM) is the easiest way to identify the vehicle.
What if the car is too old for digital records?
Manufacturer digital service records typically start around 2012. Earlier vehicles may have partial or no electronic records — the warning that appears at checkout flags pre-2012 vehicles. If we can't find any records your card isn't charged.
Is this the same as a car history check?
No — a car history check covers stolen markers, write-off categories, outstanding finance, and mileage anomalies. A service history check covers manufacturer dealer service records and DVSA MOT history. For finance, stolen and write-off records we also offer a separate Car check at /car-check, using data provided by Experian. It costs £8.00 added to a service history check, or £12.99 on its own. It comes with Experian's Data Guarantee (up to £10,000 for 12 months; Experian's terms apply).
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