2021 TESLA MODEL 3 VIN 5YJ3E1EA9MF857852

This Tesla Model 3 is a 2021 model. Power comes from electricity alone. This example is fitted with rear-wheel drive. Every figure for this car is given as it appears in the source data.

At the time of recording, the car had covered 98,785 miles. The instruments count in miles; the same distance in kilometres is about 1.6 times the figure. High mileage alone does not rule a car out; what matters is whether regular servicing kept pace with it. A single figure proves little: what makes a mileage believable is a series of readings that rise steadily over the years. A service book or a folder of workshop invoices is the simplest place to find past readings.

The main issue noted for this car is rear-end damage. Whether the damage has been repaired since, and how well, is not something a damage entry can show. Whatever the cause, a diagnostic scan of the car’s electronics shows fault codes that a visual check misses.

At the time of recording, the car ran and drove. No key was available with the car, so a new one will have to be made and programmed. Months of standing can leave a car with seized brakes and perished tyres.

A clean title is on file for this car. Such a title means no salvage, flood or similar mark was recorded against the car; it does not rule out damage repaired without a claim.

Every car builds up a history from the day it is first registered: owners come and go, inspections are passed or failed, and repairs are paid for. The paperwork is kept by different bodies – registries, workshops, insurance companies and lenders – so the history of one car is spread across many places. Much of a car’s past cannot be seen: a good body repair leaves no obvious mark, and neither do years of hard driving.

The battery is the most expensive part of an electric car, so the share of its original capacity still available should be measured. A cracked battery housing or a damaged cooling circuit is not always visible, and only a specialist with the right equipment can confirm that the pack is safe.

The ninth character of the VIN is a check digit calculated from the other sixteen, so a mistyped or invented number does not add up. For this car, the VIN is 5YJ3E1EA9MF857852. The VIN usually appears at the base of the windscreen, on a door pillar and stamped into the body, and all of them should match the documents.

Depending on what is on file, a VIN report may include past registrations, mileage readings, damage entries, branded titles and theft checks. A repair paid for in cash at a small workshop leaves no trace in any database, so no report can list it. A professional inspection makes sense whatever the paperwork shows, because no report measures corrosion, worn bushes or a poor repair. Look up the history of VIN 5YJ3E1EA9MF857852 first, and let what it shows guide the inspection.