Jul 14, 2020
Regular car maintenance is extremely important to keeping us safe on the roads, but as well as this, having a full service history is beneficial particularly when you come to sell your car down the line.
If you decide to go ahead and purchase a car without a full service history it will save you money, but you need to know that it also means you won’t know whether that car has been properly maintained over the years.
If you have purchased a car before, you will know about the full service history which shows that the car has been serviced every year or every 12,000 miles. This service history would have been completed by the manufacturer of the vehicle, or at an approved service centre. It will also allow you to find out about any work that has been undertaken on the vehicle such as oil and filter changes, new brake fluid or even something more serious such as a timing belt replacement.
The service history will also include any invoices and paperwork from the repair centre and a stamp from the technician after every service. If the vehicle wasn’t maintained at an approve service centre, then it is only going to have a partial service history.
Nowadays, a full service history is at the top of everyone’s checklist when buying a car as it shows that it has been well looked after. If you don’t have the full history, it doesn’t mean that there is something wrong with it, but it does mean you won’t know what work has been previously carried out.
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Here’s the complicated part, finding the service history of your car can be a bit tricky especially if you don’t know who the previous owners were or the repair centre they used.
If you want to find out more about the service history, you can contact the centre who regularly serviced the car as they can supply you with any missing documents providing you can prove who you are and that you’re now the registered keeper of the vehicle.
If it’s the service history from the previous owners you want to know about, you can do this by filling out a V88 form from the DVLA’s website. By doing this, you can contact the previous owners to get the desired information regarding your vehicle however, please be mindful the previous owners may not want to provide you with any information.
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