2016 TESLA MODEL S 60D/70D/75D/85D/90D VIN 5YJSA1E22GF129097

This entry is for a 2016 Tesla Model S. This example is fitted with all-wheel drive. The drivetrain is fully electric. Every figure for this car is given as it appears in the source data.

The recorded mileage is 93,549 miles. The instruments count in miles; the same distance in kilometres is about 1.6 times the figure. Turning back an odometer takes little skill and leaves no visible trace, which is why earlier figures matter more than the display. Older figures usually turn up on service invoices, inspection reports and past title paperwork.

The main issue noted for this car is underbody damage. Whether the damage has been repaired since, and how well, is not something a damage entry can show. Given the kind of damage entered, a mechanic should look first at the floor pan, the fuel and brake lines and the exhaust.

The record notes that the car ran and drove. A key is on file for the car. Running condition describes a single moment, and standing or work done since can change it.

A salvage title is on file for this car. At some point in its life, the car was declared a total loss. The structure and the quality of any work done deserve a thorough inspection on a car with a branded title.

A car’s history answers three questions: who kept it, how it was looked after and what went wrong along the way. Pieces of a car’s history sit with registries, dealers, workshops and insurance companies, and none of them sees the whole picture. Much of a car’s past cannot be seen: a good body repair leaves no obvious mark, and neither do years of hard driving.

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. On a damaged electric car, the battery pack and its mountings under the floor deserve a close look on a lift. A second motor brings a second drive unit, and a diagnostic scan should show both free of faults.

The tenth character of the VIN stands for the model year, and the eleventh for the plant that built the car. For this car, the VIN is 5YJSA1E22GF129097. 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.

What a history report can list depends on what has been documented about the car: registrations, mileage readings, damage, branded titles and theft reports. A repair paid for in cash at a small workshop leaves no trace in any database, so no report can list it. A VIN check and a physical inspection answer different questions: the first says what happened to the car, the second what condition it is in now. The next step is to look up the history behind VIN 5YJSA1E22GF129097.