Built for UK independent garages

MOT reminder software
that brings customers back automatically.

Autera emails your customers before their MOT runs out (SMS coming soon), with expiry dates pulled live from DVLA. No spreadsheet to maintain, no chasing round at 6pm. Built into Autera garage software.

MOT reminders are included on the Workshop plan (£79/mo).

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MOT reminder software is the cheapest repeat-work engine a UK garage has. The DVSA database knows when every car on the road is due an MOT. The customer rarely does. Autera closes that gap automatically: every vehicle on a customer record gets matched to its DVLA expiry date, and reminders go out by email at the right time (SMS coming soon), in your garage's name. No spreadsheet, no calendar app, no calling round in the gaps between jobs.

FEATURES

What the MOT reminder feature does

Four things, all running in the background while you work on the cars.

Automated email reminders

Send a friendly email at 30, 14, 7 and 1 days before MOT expiry. Customers book back in without you ever picking up the phone. SMS reminders are coming soon.

Linked to live DVLA data

MOT expiry dates come straight from DVLA. No spreadsheet to maintain, no expiry typed wrong. If a customer MOTs the car elsewhere, the date updates and the reminder cancels itself.

From your garage name, to your inbox

Reminders go out under your garage name. Replies come to your number and your email, not ours. Customers think they are texting you, because they are.

Bulk reminders for dormant customers

Import your existing customer list and Autera will check every registration against DVLA, queue reminders for the ones with MOTs coming up, and bring lapsed customers back through the door.

HOW IT WORKS

How automated MOT reminders work in Autera

From the moment you add a customer to the moment they book back in.

1

Add a customer and registration

Type the reg, customer details fill in. We look up the MOT expiry date from DVLA in the background.

2

Pick a reminder schedule

Use the default (30, 14, 7 and 1 days) or set your own. Email reminders (SMS coming soon), set per customer.

3

Customer gets reminded automatically

Reminders go out under your garage name. The customer can reply, click a booking link, or call you back.

4

Booking comes in, reminder pauses

When you add the MOT booking to Autera, future reminders for that vehicle pause automatically. No double messages.

BEFORE AND AFTER

Manual reminders vs automated MOT reminders

The same job, two different worlds.

THE OLD WAY
✕Spreadsheet of MOT dates that nobody updates
✕Calendar reminder that fires when you are under the ramp
✕Phoning customers in the gaps between jobs
✕Forgetting half of them and losing the work
WITH AUTERA
✓DVLA expiry pulled in automatically per vehicle
✓Email scheduled per customer (SMS coming soon), no manual chasing
✓Replies come straight to your phone and inbox
✓Bookings logged against the job, reminders pause themselves
REPEAT REVENUE

MOT reminders are the easiest extra revenue you have.

Every car you have ever serviced needs another MOT in twelve months. That is a guaranteed booking sitting in your customer list, expiring quietly. Most independent garages capture maybe a third of those, because nobody has time to phone fifty people a week.

Automated reminders shift that ratio without adding a person. Same customer base, same MOT slots, more bookings, no phone admin. It is the single change that pays for the rest of the software in week one.

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FAQ

MOT reminder software FAQ

Looking for the wider feature list? See the Autera homepage, the pricing page, or compare against Garage Hive.

When you add a vehicle to Autera, we look up the registration against DVLA and pull the current MOT expiry date automatically. You do not have to type it in. The expiry date stays in sync, so if a customer MOTs the car somewhere else, we still know.

Reminders go out automatically by email at 30, 14, 7 and 1 days before MOT expiry. You can change the schedule, change the wording, or turn them off per customer. MOT reminders are part of the Workshop plan (£79/month) and above; Starter accounts can see the MOT-due dashboard, and the Solo plan focuses on the core tools. SMS reminders are coming soon.

Yes. Import your customer and vehicle list as a CSV and Autera will look up MOT expiry for each registration and queue the right reminders. Most workshops bring back 5 to 10 percent of their dormant customer base in the first month after switching this on.

Reminders go out from your garage name and your reply-to email or number, not from Autera. Customers replying to a reminder reply to your inbox, not ours. As far as they are concerned, you texted them.

When you add a booking that includes an MOT, Autera pauses upcoming reminders for that vehicle automatically. No awkward "you are due an MOT" texts the day after they book.

Autera is full garage management software, including quotes, invoicing, jobs, payments and customer history. MOT reminders are one feature inside that. If all you want is a standalone reminder tool, Autera will still do that, but you also get the rest of the platform for the same price.

GET STARTED

Switch on automated MOT reminders today.

Set up takes five minutes. Import your customers, pick the reminder schedule, and the next month of MOTs starts booking itself in.

MOT reminders are included on the Workshop plan (£79/mo).

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