Vehicles
EveryoneMOT dates
GarageActive gets each vehicle's MOT expiry date and last result from official DVSA records. You never type them in.
Where you see them
- In the Vehicles list, under MOT expiry and MOT result.
- On the vehicle's page, in the MOT panel.
- On a customer's page, next to each of their vehicles.
- When you look up a plate while adding a job.
What the colours mean
- Red: the MOT has expired, or its latest test was failed.
- Amber: 30 days or fewer are left, including an MOT that runs out today. You see this in the Vehicles list, and as Due soon on the vehicle's page.
- Green or no colour: more than 30 days are left.
- On a customer's page, an expired MOT shows Expired in place of the date.
Good to know
- Dates are checked again regularly, and more often as the expiry gets close. A new pass shows up by itself.
- Opening a vehicle's page also fetches the latest details if they haven't been checked in the last day.
- The date can't be changed by hand. If it looks wrong, look the plate up again with the magnifying glass when editing a job.
- A vehicle too new for its first MOT shows the date that MOT is due. No MOT data means no MOT date has been found.
- These dates are what MOT reminder emails are based on.