BMW 840
Red · Petrol · 1999 · 3,982 cc
T42 KBUMOT history
T42 KBU is a red petrol BMW 840 first used on 8 Mar 1999. Its MOT is valid until 22 Jun 2027 and it has passed 21 of 23 MOT tests, with 86,595 miles recorded at the latest.
From DVSA MOT records, updated 27 May 2026.
- MOT
- Valid
- Until 22 Jun 2027
- Mileage
- 86,595 mi
- At MOT on 27 May 2026
- MOT tests
- 23
- 21 passed · 2 failed
- Per year
- 1,758 mi
- Average between MOTs
Vehicle details
- Registration
- T42 KBU
- Registration format
- Prefix (1983 to 2001)
- Make
- BMW
- Model
- 840
- Colour
- Red
- Fuel type
- Petrol
- Engine size
- 3,982 cc
- Year of manufacture
- 1999
- First used
- 8 Mar 1999
- MOT status
- MOT valid until 22 Jun 2027
- Latest MOT test
- 27 May 2026 (Pass)
Mileage history
T42 KBU was last recorded at 86,595 miles on 27 May 2026, 1,052 miles more than at the previous MOT on 5 Jun 2025.
- Previous MOT
- 85,543 miles · 5 Jun 2025
- Between the last two tests
- 1,052 miles
- Average per year
- 1,758 miles
Recorded mileage by year
- 2026 – 86,595 miles
- 2025 – 85,543 miles
- 2024 – 84,086 miles
- 2023 – 82,820 miles
- 2022 – 81,674 miles
- 2021 – 81,288 miles
- 2020 – 80,999 miles
- 2019 – 79,932 miles
- 2018 – 78,697 miles
- 2017 – 77,587 miles
- 2016 – 76,613 miles
- 2015 – 75,554 miles
- 2014 – 73,847 miles
- 2013 – 72,564 miles
- 2012 – 71,509 miles
- 2011 – 69,965 miles
- 2010 – 67,988 miles
- 2009 – 64,522 miles
- 2008 – 60,262 miles
- 2007 – 56,081 miles
- 2006 – 51,016 miles
What the latest MOT found
Pass86,595 miles
No defects or advisories were recorded.
Full MOT history
23 tests since 28 Feb 2006, newest first. Select a test to see every defect and advisory.
Pass86,595 miles (+1,052)
- MOT expiry
- 22 Jun 2027
- Odometer
- 86,595 miles
- Test number
- 250596724408
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass85,543 miles (+1,457)
- MOT expiry
- 22 Jun 2026
- Odometer
- 85,543 miles
- Test number
- 682464384768
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass84,086 miles (+1,266)
- MOT expiry
- 22 Jun 2025
- Odometer
- 84,086 miles
- Test number
- 319205287988
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass82,820 miles (+1,146)
- MOT expiry
- 22 Jun 2024
- Odometer
- 82,820 miles
- Test number
- 261350164730
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass81,674 miles (+386)
- MOT expiry
- 22 Jun 2023
- Odometer
- 81,674 miles
- Test number
- 397437758034
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass81,288 miles (+289)
- MOT expiry
- 22 Jun 2022
- Odometer
- 81,288 miles
- Test number
- 373806355594
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass80,999 miles (+1,067)
- MOT expiry
- 22 Jun 2021
- Odometer
- 80,999 miles
- Test number
- 832250995555
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass79,932 miles (+1,235)3 advisories
- MOT expiry
- 22 Jun 2020
- Odometer
- 79,932 miles
- Test number
- 360551019750
- AdvisoryNearside Rear Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge inner edge of tyre bold. (5.2.3 (e))
- AdvisoryOffside Rear Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge inner edge of tyre bold. (5.2.3 (e))
- AdvisoryUnderside of vehicle and brake pipes heavily corroded.
Pass78,697 miles (+1,110)2 advisories
- MOT expiry
- 22 Jun 2019
- Odometer
- 78,697 miles
- Test number
- 344298399531
- AdvisoryBrake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material all pipes (1.1.11 (c))
- AdvisoryNearside Rear Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
Pass77,587 miles (+974)1 advisory
- MOT expiry
- 22 Jun 2018
- Odometer
- 77,587 miles
- Test number
- 492716386741
- AdvisoryOil leak
Pass76,613 miles (+1,059)
- MOT expiry
- 3 Jun 2017
- Odometer
- 76,613 miles
- Test number
- 509048243609
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass75,554 miles (+1)1 note
- MOT expiry
- 3 Jun 2016
- Odometer
- 75,554 miles
- Test number
- 448755855126
- NoteUnder side covered in oil
Fail75,553 miles (+1,706)1 failure1 note
- MOT expiry
- No new certificate
- Odometer
- 75,553 miles
- Test number
- 229960555144
- FailureOffside Inner Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)
- NoteUnder side covered in oil
Pass73,847 miles (+1,283)1 note
- MOT expiry
- 2 Mar 2015
- Odometer
- 73,847 miles
- Test number
- 695053644000
- NoteEngine covers fitted obscuring some components in the engine bay
Pass72,564 miles (+1,055)1 note
- MOT expiry
- 2 Mar 2014
- Odometer
- 72,564 miles
- Test number
- 885288933093
- NoteOffside front tyre bald on inside edge
Pass71,509 miles (+1,544)1 advisory
- MOT expiry
- 2 Mar 2013
- Odometer
- 71,509 miles
- Test number
- 308894352088
- AdvisoryNearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has slight play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)
Pass69,965 miles (+1,977)
- MOT expiry
- 2 Mar 2012
- Odometer
- 69,965 miles
- Test number
- 907623151017
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass67,988 miles (+3,466)1 note
- MOT expiry
- 2 Mar 2011
- Odometer
- 67,988 miles
- Test number
- 622544550001
- NoteUnderside of vehicle heavily undersealed
Pass64,522 miles (+4,260)
- MOT expiry
- 2 Mar 2010
- Odometer
- 64,522 miles
- Test number
- 811067539053
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass60,262 miles (+4,181)2 advisories1 note
- MOT expiry
- 2 Mar 2009
- Odometer
- 60,262 miles
- Test number
- 490290158022
- AdvisoryNearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
- AdvisoryOffside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
- NoteBoth rear tyres worn on inside edges
Fail56,081 miles1 repaired
- MOT expiry
- No new certificate
- Odometer
- 56,081 miles
- Test number
- 233688857082
- Repaired at testFront Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
Pass56,081 miles (+5,065)
- MOT expiry
- 2 Mar 2008
- Odometer
- 56,081 miles
- Test number
- 901658257063
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass51,016 miles
- MOT expiry
- 2 Mar 2007
- Odometer
- 51,016 miles
- Test number
- 224019356082
No defects or advisories recorded.
Questions about T42 KBU
- Does T42 KBU currently have a valid MOT?
- Yes. DVSA records show the MOT on T42 KBU is valid until 22 Jun 2027.
- When is the MOT due on T42 KBU?
- The MOT on T42 KBU is valid until 22 Jun 2027. It can be tested up to a month (minus a day) before then and keep the same renewal date.
- What mileage has T42 KBU done?
- T42 KBU was recorded at 86,595 miles at its MOT on 27 May 2026, an average of 1,758 miles a year.
- Has T42 KBU ever failed its MOT?
- Yes. T42 KBU has failed 2 of its 23 MOT tests, most recently on 30 May 2015.
- Has the mileage on T42 KBU ever gone down?
- No. The odometer reading went up or stayed the same at every MOT test on record. Service records are still worth checking.
- What did the latest MOT on T42 KBU find?
- T42 KBU passed its latest MOT on 27 May 2026 with no defects or advisories recorded.
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