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Assessing corrosion and methods of repair for car and passenger vehicle MOT tests.
Report you’ve changed a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or trailer chassis, weight, tyres or brakes (a ‘notifiable alteration’) or change the weight you can carry.
Updating your V5C registration certificate (log book) if you make changes to your vehicle
You must update the details on your registration certificate (V5C) to tell…
You must give DVLA evidence or written confirmation if you make any of the…
Fill in section 1 if you have a new style log book with multi-coloured…
Registration plate (number plate) and vehicle identification number rules and inspection for car and passenger vehicle MOT tests.
The length that a motor vehicle can extend past the rear axle and details of vehicles which are exempt from this rule.
Structure and attachments (including exhaust system and bumpers), and body and interior (including doors and catches, seats and floor) rules and inspection for car and passenger vehicle MOT tests.
Apply for an Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) test for cars, goods vehicles, buses and coaches, and trailers on the technical application submission (TAS) service
Reasons why a tester can refuse to carry out a test.
Get help to classify various types of vehicles such as mobility scooters, dumpers and utility vehicles, all-terrain vehicles and e-bikes for import and export.
Explanations of the different terms you might see on your driving licence
Get a replacement log book (V5C) if the original has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, or you have not received one for your new vehicle.
Renew or get vehicle tax if you do not have your reminder letter (V11), email or text message - renew online or at the Post Office with your V5C.
Check the MOT history of a vehicle from 2005 onwards, including if it passed or failed, its mileage and why it failed, download MOT test certificate
Apply for a trailer identification number (a 'ministry number') to be allocated to a new-build trailer if you'll be applying to use it on the road.
Employment Tribunal decision.
Vehicle tax exemptions and MOT exemptions for vehicles built or first registered before 1984.
How to register your vehicle and the cost - new registrations, kit cars, rebuilds, radically altered vehicles, old and classic vehicles, vehicle identification numbers, Q plates
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