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Car VIN Question

Hello,

On the 30th September 2017 I bought a 57 plate Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCI Ghia from a dealer. When I was there I looked over the paperwork and the logbook and matched the VIN to the sticker by the door. I also did a check on the car and nothing came back to say it was stolen or written off.

The new logbook came through with the same vin. I checked on Ford Etis and the vin thats on my logbook matches my car registration. However on the chassis stamp and window stamp is a different vin. I know I should of spotted these. I have checked this also on Ford Etis and it comes back the same car but on a 07 plate. Same colour, engine, fuel and a ghia. There are a few minor differences on the ford etis spec list.

I have also looked back at the MOT history on both cars. The number plate on my car has a history of a MOT done every year from 2011 when the car would of been 3 years old. The MOT was done for 5 years at the same dealership in Yorkshire. It then made its way down to Birmingham where a further 2 more MOT's was done at different garages. The next one is due March 2018.

The also checked the MOT of the VIN which is stamped into my chassis and it had 2 MOTS since 2010. One was in Ashford, Kent and the other was in Gillingham. But since then nothing. The mileages don't match for the first 2 years either.

Now I have done about 1200 miles in it since I bought it and have been through Birmingham city centre and up quite a few motorways and nothing has ever came back to me. I have never been stopped.

I am a bit worried as to what to think about it?

Any help or advice please.
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  • Warwick_Hunt
    Warwick_Hunt Posts: 1,179 Forumite
    So the visible vin in the windscreen and stamped into the vehicle are the same but not what’s on the V5?

    Sounds like there maybe two cars with the same registration number and yours had the wrong number when it was originally sold.
  • Markb06
    Markb06 Posts: 390 Forumite
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    So the visible vin in the windscreen and stamped into the vehicle are the same but not what’s on the V5?

    Sounds like there maybe two cars with the same registration number and yours had the wrong number when it was originally sold.

    The stamped and window vin match. The logbook and sticker match each other but is different to the stamped and window one.
  • Markb06
    Markb06 Posts: 390 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Just spoke to the garage in yorkshire who did the mots and they said the reg thats on my car now is the reg they did the mots on.
  • Markb06
    Markb06 Posts: 390 Forumite
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    Also just found out the the chassis number that is stamped belongs to a car that was written off in 2011 as a cat c
  • n217970
    n217970 Posts: 338 Forumite
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    Sounds like somebody has turned 2 cars into 1 at some point, i.e. you are driving the 07 plate car around on the 57 plate car's details.

    Speaking to the Yorkshire garage will prove nothing, you asked them if they MOT'd the 57 plate car and they confirmed. But you already knew that when you checked the MOT history on that plate.
  • Markb06
    Markb06 Posts: 390 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Also just found out the the chassis number that is stamped belongs to a car that was written off in 2011 as a cat c
  • Warwick_Hunt
    Warwick_Hunt Posts: 1,179 Forumite
    Does the V5 say Cat C?
  • Markb06
    Markb06 Posts: 390 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Does the V5 say Cat C?

    No. Not that I can see anyway
  • molerat
    molerat Posts: 35,053 Forumite
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    edited 6 November 2017 at 2:50PM
    All the VINs should be the same, there is no excuse for them not to be. Get the car back to the dealer and get your money back now. The car is 100% dodgy and I am sure the police will be very interested. Photograph everything and once you have got your money back take it to the police, there is no excuse for a legit dealer selling a car like that. When the MOT was done they would have most likely checked the windscreen VIN against the paperwork so there is no way they should have missed the discrepancy.
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    Does the V5 say Cat C?
    The V5C is for the other VIN...

    You've had excellent advice in your other thread elsewhere - get it straight back to the supplier, get your money back in full. This is their problem, 100%. If they're even remotely slow, remind them that it won't be at all hard to go legal and to go public.
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