2015 TESLA MODEL S 70D/85D/P85D VIN 5YJSA1E22FF103713

This Tesla Model S is a 2015 model. In place of a gearbox there is a single-speed reduction gear, and the car has all-wheel drive. Power comes from electricity alone. Every figure for this car is given as it appears in the source data.

The source data puts the mileage at 159,037 miles. Miles and kilometres are easy to confuse, and a distance in miles looks lower than the same distance in kilometres. Gaps of several years between logged figures deserve attention, as does any reading lower than the one before it. Service invoices and inspection reports each carry a mileage figure, and lined up in order they show whether the clock tells the truth.

The source data names no primary damage. That shows only that none was entered, so the body still deserves a close look. Paint depth, panel gaps and the underbody show whether the body has been repaired.

A key was there when the car was checked. Months of standing can leave a car with seized brakes and perished tyres.

Title status in the record: clean. With a clean title the car can be registered and insured in the usual way.

Behind every used car lies a string of events: who owned it and for how long, what the inspections found and which repairs and claims were made. What a car has been through is seldom visible at first glance, and a respray can make even a badly damaged car look sound.

For an electric car, a battery health report says more than the odometer: two cars with the same mileage can have very different range left. Software updates and any battery or motor work carried out under warranty should appear in the car’s service history. Electric all-wheel drive usually means a motor on each axle; on a test drive, both should pull smoothly and quietly.

Stamped into the body and printed on a plate, the VIN is the one identifier that stays with a car through every owner, registration and repair. This car’s identification number is 5YJSA1E22FF103713. The number in the car’s documents should match the one stamped into the body and the one on the plate at the base of the windscreen.

Where entries exist, a VIN check can show changes of owner, past mileage readings, reported damage and whether the car is listed as stolen. No report is complete: a repair done privately and never claimed on insurance leaves nothing to find. A history report says nothing about the car’s present condition: the frame, corrosion, electrics and the quality of any repair are judged on a lift by a mechanic. The next step is to look up the history behind VIN 5YJSA1E22FF103713.