Motoring Discussion > DVLA, MOT garage or post office mess up? Miscellaneous
Thread Author: TheManWithNoName Replies: 27

 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mess up? - TheManWithNoName
On behalf of a colleague...

Her son, lets call him Ben, bought a van from his former boss. The van was on a cherished plate in the bosses name and a condition of the purchase was that the boss put it through a new MOT.
This was done with the cherished plate still on it, however the boss had already set in motion the registration plate changeover. About a week after it was MOT'd, Ben bought it and taxed it at a local post office and produced the old V5 with his details written on it. The post office accepted the payment and sent off the V5 to DVLA. A few weeks later Ben receives his new V5 showing the vehicle details and its new reg number. 10 days later he has received a letter from the DVLA stating there is an anomoly with the identity of the vehicle he has bought.

The letter requires him to fill out details of the VIN number etc. Somehow DVLA have now twigged the car was MOT'd as BOSS1, been sold and re-registered as RM14WTF and been taxed as RM14WTF.

Presumably the MOT station isn't at fault because they legitmately tested it when it was still BOSS1. DVLA could be at fault for delaying the cherished plate transfer process but have since amended their records because they sent Ben the new V5. His insurer also recognises RM14WTF is the new registration. How does he get a new MOT showing the correct reg number? Can the garage re-issue it? Will they charge him for a new MOT? What can he do?
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 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mess up? new TheManWithNoName 1 May 15 15:58
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mess up? new Manatee 1 May 15 16:06
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mess up? new commerdriver 1 May 15 16:09
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mess up? new Old Navy 1 May 15 16:10
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mess up? new Zero 1 May 15 16:11
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mess up? new Manatee 1 May 15 16:12
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mess up.. new jc2 1 May 15 16:27
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mess u.. new Stuartli 1 May 15 16:31
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mess.. new Rudedog 1 May 15 22:11
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mes.. new Ted 1 May 15 22:20
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mes.. new bathtub tom 1 May 15 22:57
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office me.. new Rudedog 2 May 15 02:16
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office m.. new Robin O'Reliant 2 May 15 10:46
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mes.. new Cliff Pope 2 May 15 11:19
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office me.. new Rudedog 2 May 15 12:12
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mes.. new VxFan 2 May 15 18:06
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mess up? new No FM2R 1 May 15 22:24
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mess up? new Cliff Pope 2 May 15 11:25
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mess up.. new sooty123 2 May 15 12:02
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mess u.. new jc2 2 May 15 12:33
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mess u.. new Harleyman 2 May 15 12:44
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mess.. new jc2 2 May 15 13:34
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office mes.. new TheManWithNoName 2 May 15 16:01
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office me.. new Bromptonaut 2 May 15 16:49
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office me.. new sooty123 2 May 15 17:21
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office m.. new Bromptonaut 2 May 15 17:33
 DVLA, MOT garage or post office .. new TheManWithNoName 7 May 15 13:19
 DVLA, MOT garage or post offic.. new Bromptonaut 7 May 15 13:45
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