free car check
SL08YCU
2008 MAZDA MX-5
Colour: Black
Fuel: Petrol
Engine: 1798cc
General Information
- Registration SL08YCU
- Manufacturer MAZDA
- Model MX-5
- Year 2008
- Colour Black
- Fuel Type Petrol
- Engine Size 1798cc
- Insurance Costs 💰 Check Costs
-
🔓 More details available
Get comprehensive vehicle details, specification, MOT insights, ULEZ & CAZ compliance and more for free
Tax & MOT
- TAX
- MOT Active
- Expires 27 Sep 2026
- View Full MOT History
🔐 Premium Checks
Don't Buy Blind - Know Everything About This Vehicle
Our comprehensive vehicle check reveals hidden problems that could cost you thousands. From outstanding finance to accident damage, we check over 50 attributes to give you complete peace of mind before you buy.
💰
Finance Check
🔥
Write-off Check
🔨
Salvage Auction
🚨
Stolen Check
👥
Previous Owners
🚕
Ex-Taxi/Police
📏
Mileage Anomaly
🌍
Import/Export
♻️
Scrapped Check
🎨
Plate Changes
✨ Plus 50+ Additional Data Points
Limited Time Offer
£9.99
Was £14.99
✓ Instant delivery • 100% secure
MOT History 24 Tests
MOT Test Statistics
24
Total Tests
16
Passes
8
Failures
66.67%
Pass Rate
⚠️
97 Total Defects Recorded
18 Sep 2025
Pass
Mileage: 87,891 MI
Expiry date: 27 Sep 2026Advisory notice item(s)
- Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
- Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened advise replacement (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Rear Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
- Offside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- under side of vehicle very corroded
- Front Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Front Brakes imbalanced requirements only just met. It would appear that the braking system requires adjustment or repair. (1.2.1 (b) (i))
16 Sep 2025
Fail
Mileage: 87,891 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Offside Rear Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) Repair immediately
- Fuel cap/sealing device ineffective (6.1.3 (b) (i)) Repair immediately
- Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) Repair immediately
- Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) Repair immediately
Advisory notice item(s)
- Front Brakes imbalanced requirements only just met. It would appear that the braking system requires adjustment or repair. (1.2.1 (b) (i))
- under side of vehicle very corroded
- Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened advise replacement (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Rear Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
- Offside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Front Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
27 Sep 2024
Pass
Mileage: 79,871 MI
Expiry date: 27 Sep 2025Advisory notice item(s)
- offside rear tyre worn on inner edge
- underside of vehicle corroded
25 Sep 2024
Fail
Mileage: 79,871 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) Repair immediately
- Emissions unable to be completed due to exhaust (8.2.1.2 (d)) Repair immediately
- Central Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases pipe (6.1.2 (a)) Repair immediately
Advisory notice item(s)
- offside rear tyre worn on inner edge
- underside of vehicle corroded
26 Sep 2023
Pass
Mileage: 70,465 MI
Expiry date: 27 Sep 2024Advisory notice item(s)
- Rear suspension compenents rusty
- Subframe rusty
- Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.3.4 (b) (i))
28 Sep 2022
Pass
Mileage: 60,944 MI
Expiry date: 27 Sep 2023 12 Jun 202622 Feb 2022
Pass
Mileage: 59,678 MI
Expiry date: 21 Feb 2023 12 Jun 202621 Feb 2022
Fail
Mileage: 59,678 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Rear Brake pad(s) less than 1.5 mm thick (1.1.13 (a) (ii)) Dangerous
- Suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength off and nearside rear sill backs (5.3.6 (a) (i)) Repair immediately
Advisory notice item(s)
- offside rear brake discs corroded on face
15 Oct 2020
Pass
Mileage: 57,688 MI
Expiry date: 14 Oct 2021Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Front Tyre has a cut but not deep enough to reach the ply or cords inner sidewall (5.2.3 (d) (i))
- Offside Rear Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Offside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement bushes splitting (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear bush splitting (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Offside Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened inner surface (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
- Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement bushes splitting (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear bush splitting (5.3.4 (a) (i))
25 Sep 2020
Fail
Mileage: 57,688 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage fractured (5.3.3 (b) (ii)) Dangerous
- Nearside Front Brake pad(s) less than 1.5 mm thick (1.1.13 (a) (ii)) Dangerous
- Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) Repair immediately
- Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) Repair immediately
- Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength chassis around sub frame mount (5.3.6 (a) (i)) Repair immediately
- Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength chassis around subframe mount (5.3.6 (a) (i)) Repair immediately
Advisory notice item(s)
- Offside Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened inner surface (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
- Brake hydraulic reservoir close to minimum mark (1.1.10 (d) (i))
- Items removed from driver's view prior to test ()
- Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear bush spliting (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Nearside Front Tyre has a cut but not deep enough to reach the ply or cords inner sidewall (5.2.3 (d) (i))
- Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement bushes spliting (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Offside Front Brake pad(s) wearing thin (1.1.13 (a) (ii))
- Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear bush spliting (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Offside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement bushes spliting (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Offside Rear Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
25 Apr 2019
Pass
Mileage: 53,066 MI
Expiry date: 25 Sep 2020Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
- Rear Brake pads look 2/3rds worn
- Offside Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
- Front Brake pads look 3/4s worn
25 Apr 2018
Pass
Mileage: 49,943 MI
Expiry date: 27 Apr 2019Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit 2.5mm tread and edge wearing thin (4.1.E.1)
- Offside Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
- Front Brake pads look 2/3rds worn
24 Apr 2018
Fail
Mileage: 49,926 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Offside Front coil spring broken (2.4.C.1a)
- Nearside Front coil spring broken (2.4.C.1a)
Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit 2.5mm tread and edge wearing thin (4.1.E.1)
- Offside Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
- Front Brake pads look 2/3rds worn
28 Apr 2017
Pass
Mileage: 46,163 MI
Expiry date: 27 Apr 2018Advisory notice item(s)
- Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.4.G.2)
28 Apr 2017
Fail
Mileage: 46,158 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Central Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)
- Nearside Rear Tyre has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (4.1.D.1a)
- Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage fractured (2.4.G.1)
- Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (7.3.D.3)
Advisory notice item(s)
- Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.4.G.2)
21 Apr 2016
Pass
Mileage: 41,967 MI
Expiry date: 20 Apr 2017 12 Jun 202628 Sep 2015
Pass
Mileage: 41,461 MI
Expiry date: 2 Oct 2016Advisory notice item(s)
- offside front brake hanging on slightly
- nail in offside rear tyre
- front inner brake pads appear to be wearing low
- front brake disks are corroded/worn
- both rear tyres are wearing close to the legal limit
19 Sep 2014
Pass
Mileage: 38,440 MI
Expiry date: 2 Oct 2015Advisory notice item(s)
- Offside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Nearside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Offside Rear brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
- Nearside Rear brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
19 Sep 2014
Fail
Mileage: 38,440 MI
Advisory notice item(s)
- Offside Rear brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
- Offside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Nearside Rear brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
- Nearside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
1 Oct 2013
Pass
Mileage: 35,068 MI
Expiry date: 2 Oct 2014 12 Jun 20263 Oct 2012
Pass
Mileage: 32,210 MI
Expiry date: 2 Oct 2013 12 Jun 20263 Oct 2012
Fail
Mileage: 32,210 MI
12 Jun 202627 Mar 2012
Pass
Mileage: 30,017 MI
Expiry date: 28 Mar 2013Advisory notice item(s)
- Front registration plate delaminated but not likely to be misread (6.3.1d)
- Front Brake pad(s) wearing thin (3.5.1g)
16 Mar 2011
Pass
Mileage: 22,711 MI
Expiry date: 28 Mar 2012 12 Jun 2026You can check the history of this vehicle for free by clicking on the "Run a free basic check" button above. This will tell you all the running costs, tax rates, technical specs, MOT history and more!
SL08YCU was registered on 2008-03-28
Vehicle tax rates are based on engine size or fuel type and CO2 emissions. It also depends on when the vehicle was registered. Enter your reg on motorscan to find out how much it would cost to tax this vehicle
We can provide you with a free vehicle check, just enter your reg above to find out your vehicle's specifications, export history, MOT history, road tax + more.
No warranty or guarantee of accuracy is provided for any free data on this page. The data guarantee applies only to information obtained through the purchase of a full check.