Ford service history check — official dealer records

Type the car's VIN into the form on this page. We ask Ford's dealer system for every visit logged against that car and show them in date order, usually within a few minutes. It costs €12.99, and the card is only charged if records come back.

Ford sits in our Full Service History tier. Itemised dealer records: the date of each franchised visit, the odometer reading, what was done and which dealer did it.

Ford UK uses the Ford Motor Company dealer management system (Service Pricing & Operating System / FordPass / Asbury), with VIN-keyed service records held centrally and synchronised across the franchised dealer network.

Each visit a franchised Ford workshop logged against the car, listed by date: the odometer reading, the work carried out and the dealer who did it. Recall and warranty visits appear alongside routine servicing.

Usually because the servicing was done at independent garages, which don't write to Ford's system, or because it was done before the dealer network kept digital records. A book full of independent stamps can be perfectly genuine; it just has to be backed by the paperwork rather than by the dealer system. If we find nothing, your card isn't charged.

No. The VIN is all we need: no log-in, no ownership documents and no contact with the seller. That's why people use it before they buy, to compare what the seller says with what Ford's dealers recorded.

Put the dates and readings side by side and look at the spacing. Ford publishes a per-model interval table rather than one brand-wide figure, and it varies by model, engine and age. Intervals differ by engine and model year, so the handbook has the exact figure for a given car. A gap much longer than the schedule is worth asking the seller about: it may have been an independent service with an invoice in the folder, or it may have been missed.

Sometimes, if you are the keeper. A Ford dealer will often print the history at the service desk if you bring the car's documents, and some Ford owner apps show recent visits for the car linked to your account. Neither helps a buyer looking at someone else's car, and we know of no public Ford website that shows the whole record. Our €12.99 check needs only the VIN, and the card is only charged if records are found.

Yes. Ford maintains complete digital service records across all UK franchised dealerships through the Ford Motor Company dealer system. Service date, mileage, line items, and additional work are all logged.

Yes. Enter your Ford's registration number to retrieve the complete official service history including dates, mileage readings, line-item work (oil, filters, brake fluid, cambelt where applicable), and recall work performed at franchised dealers.

All Ford models serviced at UK franchised dealers are covered, including Fiesta, Focus, Puma, Kuga, EcoSport, Mondeo, S-Max, Galaxy, Edge, Mustang, and the commercial range: Ranger, Transit (all variants), Tourneo, and Courier.

Ford's 1.0 EcoBoost three-cylinder petrol engine built from 2012 to around 2018 uses a wet timing belt running in oil. The UK handbook interval is 10 years or 241,400 km, and Ford is now reported to recommend 10 years or 160,900 km; engines built from late 2018 use a timing chain instead.

No. FordPass shows a customer-facing summary of recent services for cars supported by the app (typically 2018 onwards). Pre-FordPass records, recall work, and warranty repairs may not appear in the app even when they're in the dealer system. A dealer-system lookup is the authoritative record.

Yes. The service record is held against the VIN by Ford UK, not the customer. When ownership transfers, the new owner can access the same dealer history through any franchised Ford dealer or via a VIN-based lookup.

Ford UK only achieved consistent digital record-sharing across the dealer network from around 2010. Earlier records (pre-2005 in particular) may be held only by the supplying dealer or in paper form. The central system retrieval is reliable from 2005 onwards, with strongest coverage from 2010.

Yes. Ford resale value is highly sensitive to documented Full Service History, especially for Fiesta and Focus. Trade-in typically differs by 5-10% between FSH and partial-history equivalents. For Transit and Ranger commercials, dealer history is essentially mandatory for trade resale.

No. FordPass and a Ford account show the service record only to the registered keeper, so a buyer looking at someone else's car cannot use either. FindServiceHistory retrieves the Ford dealer record held against the car's VIN from its registration, without an account and without the seller having to log in for you, and you are not charged if nothing is found. Independent-garage work is not written to Ford's system and will not appear.