Free MOT Reminder & Car Tax Reminder:
Nothing warns you that your MOT is about to run out. No letter lands, no light comes on, no one calls. The certificate simply expires one ordinary morning, and from that moment you are driving illegally — facing a fine of up to £1,000 and an insurance policy that may refuse to pay.
Our free MOT reminder fixes that in about thirty seconds. Enter your registration, confirm your email, and we will nudge you four times before anything falls due — for your MOT and your vehicle tax, in one place.
MOT & Tax Reminder Service
FREE FOREVER
We read the live DVSA and DVLA record so you do not have to look anything up.
Untick anything you do not want. Add insurance if you would like it tracked too.
One email to confirm, then nothing until a date is approaching.
- Official DVSA & DVLA data
- No account needed
- Your data never sold
Why drivers miss MOT and tax deadlines:-
The honest answer is that the system barely prompts anyone.
Vehicle tax at least triggers a V11 letter. Insurance generates emails, texts and usually a phone call. The MOT gets nothing automatic unless you actively hunt down a reminder service and most drivers never learn one exists.
Then add the gap. Twelve months is long enough to forget almost anything, and unlike a subscription there is no monthly payment quietly reminding you it’s there. People do not skip MOTs because they are reckless. They skip them because a year is a long time and nothing interrupts.
That is precisely the problem a reminder solves, and why we built this one.
How our MOT reminder service works:-
There are three steps and no account to create.
Enter your registration. We read the live DVSA and DVLA records and pull your MOT expiry and tax due date automatically. You do not need to find your V5C or dig out an old certificate.
Choose what to track. Keep MOT, tax or both. You can add your insurance renewal date too, which no government service does.
Confirm your email. We send one confirmation message. Click the link and your reminders are live. Until you click, nothing else is sent that is a deliberate safeguard, not a formality.
After that, you hear from us four times per deadline: two months before, one month before, one week before, and on the day itself.
Why four reminders instead of one:-
Each one does a different job, and a single alert does none of them well.
Two months out is when you can still plan book a convenient slot, budget for a repair, spread the cost. One month out is when your MOT renewal window opens, so it is the earliest you can test without losing your anniversary date. One week out is the last comfortable moment to book. The day itself is the safety net for anyone who has ignored the first three, which — being realistic — is a fair number of people.
How we compare with the GOV.UK reminder:-
The government does run an MOT reminder service. It works, and if you already use it there is no reason to switch. But it is worth knowing what it does and does not cover.
| Feature | GOV.UK | This Service |
|---|---|---|
| MOT Reminder | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Vehicle Tax Reminder | ✕ No | ✓ Yes |
| Insurance Renewal | ✕ No | ✓ Optional |
| Reminder Schedule | 1 month, then 2 weeks | 2 months, 1 month, 1 week, day-of |
| Multiple Vehicles | One at a time | Unlimited, one list |
| Account Required | ✕ No | ✕ No |
The practical difference is the second column. GOV.UK splits MOT and tax across separate services on separate subdomains, so most drivers set up one and forget the other. Ours watches both from a single registration.
We are an independent service and not affiliated with the DVLA, DVSA or any government department. We read the same official data those departments publish we simply present it more usefully.
What your reminder email contains:-
Every message is short and specific, because a reminder you have to decode is a reminder you ignore.
- Your registration and the vehicle it belongs to
- Exactly which deadline is approaching and the date
- How many days remain
- A direct link to check the full record
- A one-click unsubscribe
No advertising, no newsletter, no “while we have your attention”. A reminder service that starts marketing at people stops being trusted, and trust is the whole product.
We keep your dates accurate on their own:-
This matters more than it sounds. A reminder service that stores your date once and never checks it again starts lying to you within a year.
Say you test your MOT in March and pass. Your expiry moves forward twelve months. A static list would still be holding the old date and would eventually send you a warning about a deadline that no longer exists.
So we re-read the official record for every vehicle on the list roughly every fortnight. When your MOT expiry or tax date changes, our reminders shift with it automatically. You never need to log in and correct anything.
Your data, and what we do with it:-
Plainly, because this is the part people are right to be careful about.
What we store: your email address, your registration, and the dates you asked us to watch. Your mobile number only if you choose to add one for future SMS alerts.
What we do not do: sell your details, share them with insurers or garages, add you to a marketing list, or use them for anything other than the reminders you asked for.
Unsubscribing: every message carries a one-click unsubscribe. It deletes your details immediately — we do not keep a suppression list or a record that you were ever here.
Consent: we record when you gave it and never send anything before you confirm your address.
Common questions about MOT reminders
Everything you need to know before you sign up
Set it once and stop thinking about it:-
Most driving admin rewards the organised and quietly punishes everyone else. An MOT reminder removes that difference for the one deadline where forgetting is genuinely expensive.
Thirty seconds now, and the next time your MOT is due you will know about it two months early — with time to shop around, time to fix whatever needs fixing, and no risk of a £1,000 fine for a date you simply forgot.
If you would rather check a vehicle before setting a reminder, our free MOT check shows the full history and tax status instantly, and the MOT due date calculator works out your exact renewal window.