Service History Checker
Service history checker for Ireland
Enter the registration or VIN to run the checker. Searching costs nothing — you only pay €12.99 if official manufacturer service records are found for the vehicle, and nothing at all if they are not.
Find Your Car's Service History Online
Check your car's service history using official UK manufacturer dealership records. Enter a registration number to see every franchised dealer service on file — dates, mileages, and work performed.
Full dealership records for BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Ford, Toyota, Volkswagen and many more — plus partial coverage for many others. Your card is authorised but not charged unless we find records.
Is there a free service history checker in Ireland?
How the checker works
- Enter the registration (or the 17-character VIN) and your email address
- We confirm the vehicle and query the manufacturer's dealer system
- Your card is authorised, not charged, while the lookup runs
- If records are found, the report is emailed to you and the authorisation is captured
- If nothing is found, the authorisation is released and you pay nothing
What is genuinely free in Ireland
Being straight about this: some Irish vehicle data is free and some is not. Manufacturer service records are commercial data and are not free from any source. What you can check without paying is limited to what the State and the manufacturers publish themselves — an owner app for a car you own, and the seller's own paperwork.
Where a car has been imported, the fuller record is normally the manufacturer's, not the seller's folder — see the imported car service history check.
How It Works
Three Simple Steps
Enter Your VIN
Type in your 17-character vehicle identification number (VIN) — it takes seconds.
BMW main dealer, Dublin
We Check Official Records
We query manufacturer dealership databases — the same systems used by franchised dealers.
Official Manufacturer Service History Report
Receive Your Report In Minutes
Most reports land in your inbox within minutes of payment — full digital service history, ready to download or print.
Sample reports
What a report can look like
Manufacturers don't all keep the same detail, so reports come in four shapes. Every entry below is made up; a real report lists the car's own visits.
Dealer visits
5 entriesScheduled maintenance (the manufacturer service schedule). Oil and oil filter renewed; pollen filter renewed; brake pads measured; reminder reset.
Scheduled maintenance (the manufacturer service schedule). Oil and oil filter renewed; brake fluid renewed; wiper blades replaced.
Scheduled maintenance (the manufacturer service schedule). Oil and oil filter renewed; air filter renewed; software update applied.
Scheduled maintenance (the manufacturer service schedule). Oil and oil filter renewed; health check completed.
Scheduled maintenance (the manufacturer service schedule). First visit: oil and oil filter renewed; health check completed.
Invented entries for illustration. The layout is the real one.
Sample report
See full sample →Dealer visits
Latest 3 of 5Franchised dealer — Annual maintenance. Oil and oil filter renewed; pollen filter renewed; brakes checked
Franchised dealer — Brake fluid renewed; oil and oil filter renewed; wiper blades replaced
Franchised dealer — Annual maintenance. Oil and oil filter renewed; air filter renewed; software updated
Every report includes service records, mileage history, and a PDF you can save or print.
Supported Brands
Manufacturer Records
We access service history data directly from manufacturer dealership systems — covering most European vehicles from 2012 model year onwards.
Full Service History
(18)Itemised dealer records: the date of each franchised visit, the odometer reading, what was done and which dealer did it.
Workshop Remarks
(14)Entries come from recall and warranty work rather than routine servicing, so they rarely list what was serviced. Visits that fall about a service interval apart still suggest the car was being looked after at the dealer.
Limited Coverage
(14)The dealer system answers for only a minority of these cars, and often briefly. Whether anything comes back depends on the individual car.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the service history checker really free to run?
Running it is free and you are only charged €12.99 when official records are found. If the vehicle has no electronically logged dealer history, the card authorisation is cancelled before capture and you are not charged.
Why isn't the data free like the NCT record?
Because it is not State data. Service records belong to the manufacturers and are accessed through their dealer systems on a paid, per-lookup basis. We pay that fee on every successful lookup, which is what the report price covers.
Does this include NCT history?
No. We return official manufacturer and main-dealer service records — the maintenance history. The NCT is a separate roadworthiness test held by the RSA and is not part of the report. Anyone offering you an Irish service history that is really just test history is selling you something different.
The car was imported from the UK — does that matter?
It helps. Manufacturer service records are stored against the VIN, not the number plate, so a car built and serviced in the UK keeps its dealer history after it is imported, VRT is paid and it goes onto Irish plates. That history is often the fullest record on the car.
The car was imported from Japan — can you check it?
Often, if it is a European make. A Volkswagen, Audi, BMW or Porsche sold new in Japan has a normal 17-character VIN, and Japanese main dealers log its services in the same manufacturer system we search, so its Japanese visits can come back with the date, the odometer reading in km and the work done. Toyota, Honda, Nissan and other Japanese-brand cars built for Japan carry a short Japanese chassis number instead of a VIN, and we can't check them.
What does a report cost?
€12.99. Your card is authorised at checkout but only charged if we actually find service records for the vehicle. If nothing is on file, the authorisation is released and you pay nothing.
Where do I find the VIN?
The VIN is a 17-character code. It is printed in field E of the Vehicle Registration Certificate (the Irish logbook), stamped at the base of the windscreen on the driver's side, and shown on a plate inside the driver's door frame. On a UK import it will also be on the V5C the seller may still hold. A Japanese-brand car built for Japan has a shorter Japanese chassis number instead, such as ZVW30-1234567.
Which cars have records?
Cars serviced at franchised main dealers, where the visit was logged into the manufacturer's central system. Work done at an independent garage is not in the manufacturer's system and will not appear. Digital coverage is strong from roughly 2012 onwards and thins out on older cars.
Ready to check a service history?
Enter the registration above to start. Reports arrive in minutes — your card is not charged if no manufacturer records are found.
Run a Service History Check — €12.99