RF08ETX - VOLKSWAGEN POLO
MOT: Not validGB
·Last updated 5 months ago
Vehicle Overview
Technical Details
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MOT History
Vehicle testing history with 21 MOT tests
Understanding MOT Defect Categories
Total Tests
21
Passed Tests
14
Failed Tests
7
Latest Test
Passed
Passed - 25 March 2025
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 130,202 mi
Expires: 24 March 2026
Minor Defects:
- Minor Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.1.7 (g) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Offside Front Inner Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Advisory Offside Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
- Advisory Front Coil spring corroded Both springs (5.3.1 (b) (i))
Failed - 10 January 2025
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 130,201 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c))
- Major Front Windscreen washer not working (3.5 (a))
- Major Nearside Front Headlamp lens seriously defective (4.1.1 (b) (ii))
- Major Offside Front Headlamp lens seriously defective (4.1.1 (b) (ii))
- Major Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Major Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover insecure so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (ii))
- Major Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Major Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Minor Defects:
- Minor Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.1.7 (g) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Offside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge inner edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Advisory Offside Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
- Advisory Nearside Front Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Advisory Offside Front Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
Passed - 18 December 2023
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 117,178 mi
Expires: 17 December 2024
Minor Defects:
- Minor Nearside Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (i))
- Minor Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.3.4 (b) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Exhaust flexi pipe deteriorated
- Advisory Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement Both sides rear bushes (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened Inner faces (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
- Advisory Oil leak, but not excessive (8.4.1 (a) (i))
Failed - 18 December 2023
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 117,178 mi
Minor Defects:
- Minor Nearside Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (i))
- Minor Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.3.4 (b) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Exhaust flexi pipe deteriorated
- Advisory Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement Both sides rear bushes (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened Inner faces (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
- Advisory Oil leak, but not excessive (8.4.1 (a) (i))
Failed - 02 October 2023
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 117,147 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Major Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Major Nearside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a))
Minor Defects:
- Minor Nearside Headlamp lens slightly defective (4.1.1 (b) (i))
- Minor Offside Headlamp lens slightly defective (4.1.1 (b) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory both handbrake cable outer casings split
- Advisory Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint has slight play (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Front Suspension arm corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Offside Front Suspension arm corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Front Wheel bearing slightly noisy (5.1.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Front Macpherson strut corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Offside Front Macpherson strut corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Offside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Advisory Offside Rear Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Advisory engine oil sump pan corroded and leaking
- Advisory exhaust system corroded
- Advisory exhaust front flexi joint broken
Passed - 12 September 2022
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 113,697 mi
Expires: 02 October 2023
Minor Defects:
- Minor Brake fluid warning lamp illuminated (1.1.10 (f))
- Minor Stop lamp(s) with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning high level (4.3.1 (a) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Front Headlamp has a product on the lens but not seriously reducing light output Condensation in headlight (4.1.4 (b))
- Advisory Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened Both (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Advisory Offside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Advisory Offside Front Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Advisory Oil leak, but not excessive (8.4.1 (a) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Front Road wheel slightly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i))
Failed - 12 September 2022
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 113,697 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c))
Minor Defects:
- Minor Brake fluid warning lamp illuminated (1.1.10 (f))
- Minor Stop lamp(s) with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning high level (4.3.1 (a) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Front Headlamp has a product on the lens but not seriously reducing light output Condensation in headlight (4.1.4 (b))
- Advisory Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened Both (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Advisory Offside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Advisory Offside Front Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Advisory Oil leak, but not excessive (8.4.1 (a) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Front Road wheel slightly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i))
Passed - 14 September 2021
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 110,162 mi
Expires: 02 October 2022
Minor Defects:
- Minor Stop lamp(s) with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning High level (4.3.1 (a) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement Rearmost (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Front Road wheel slightly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i))
Failed - 14 September 2021
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 110,162 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))
Minor Defects:
- Minor Stop lamp(s) with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning High level (4.3.1 (a) (i))
- Minor Nearside Rear Position lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning (4.2.1 (a) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Rear Direction indicator slightly discoloured (4.4.3 (a))
- Advisory Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement Rearmost (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Front Road wheel slightly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i))
Passed - 02 October 2020
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 108,007 mi
Expires: 02 October 2021
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear mounting (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear mounting (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Offside Rear tyre is feathered
- Advisory Nearside Front Road wheel slightly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrule (1.1.12 (f) (i))
- Advisory Offside Rear Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrule (1.1.12 (f) (i))
Failed - 02 October 2020
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 108,007 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Offside Rear Service brake effort inadequate at a wheel (1.2.1 (a) (i))
- Major Rear Brakes imbalanced across an axle Axle 2 (1.2.1 (b) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear mounting (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear mounting (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Offside Rear tyre is feathered
- Advisory Nearside Front Road wheel slightly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrule (1.1.12 (f) (i))
- Advisory Offside Rear Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrule (1.1.12 (f) (i))
Passed - 18 March 2019
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 101,628 mi
Expires: 02 October 2020
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Front Road wheel slightly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i))
Passed - 15 March 2018
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 98,952 mi
Expires: 02 April 2019
Passed - 03 April 2017
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 97,906 mi
Expires: 02 April 2018
Passed - 04 May 2016
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 95,745 mi
Expires: 28 May 2017
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Front Exhaust has a minor leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)
- Advisory Offside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Advisory Nearside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
Failed - 04 May 2016
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 95,745 mi
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Front Exhaust has a minor leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)
- Advisory Offside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Advisory Nearside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
Passed - 21 May 2015
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 90,539 mi
Expires: 28 May 2016
Passed - 22 May 2014
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 82,257 mi
Expires: 28 May 2015
Passed - 13 May 2013
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 64,277 mi
Expires: 28 May 2014
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Advisory Offside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
Passed - 24 May 2012
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 45,876 mi
Expires: 28 May 2013
Passed - 27 May 2011
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 30,214 mi
Expires: 28 May 2012
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
Frequently Asked Questions
When is the MOT due for RF08ETX?
The MOT expires on 24 March 2026.
What is the tax status of RF08ETX?
The tax status is Untaxed and is due on 01 October 2024.
What are the specifications of RF08ETX?
This is a 2008 VOLKSWAGEN POLO in Black. It runs on Petrol with a 1198cc engine.
What is the environmental impact of RF08ETX?
This vehicle produces 150 g/km of CO2 emissions.