Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - Rattle
Just got my V5 this morning and due to a typing error it has come back as Jan Andrew Surname instead of Ian Andrew Surname.

I have not followed the procedures and sent of the corrections to Swansea but in the mean time could this cause problems with the police and my insurance? I will keep a photocopy of my edited V5 in the car in case I get stopped hopefully the police will have the common sense to realise the mistake.

My question is would this cause insurance problems until the DVLA edited their computer?
Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - Alby Back
Only drive it while wearing a frock in the meanwhile. Should be fine.....
Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - Rattle
And a typo in my first post, I should have said "I followed procedures and sent if off" although next time I will make sure the I is almost patronising clear!

Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - BeemerPete
The chances are that the insurance details have got your name right and has just ticked the "is registered owner" box without their being a check made (it's up to you to inform the insurance company that you are who you state you are and that you're the registered owner).

I assume that your insurance document is in your correct name?
Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - Rattle
Yep insurance is all in my name, I just know from past experience that my insurance company has a policy that the policy holder most also be the same person on the V5. When I had my first car (Rattle) my dads car was SORN and he needed to using it so rather than me pay a fortune for insurance I stopped using it and my dad took out his own policy for it, the insurance comapny insisted that the name on the V5 would have to change. The result was a 12 year old car with 11 previous owners!
Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - oldnotbold
What a pain having Surname as your surname - bet it causes loads of trouble.

We had a lad when I was in the Navy whose surname was Shipman, and his rank was Midshipman, often abbreviated to Mid. An officer would shout Mid Shipman, come here, and get knocked down by twenty guys doubling over and saluting.
Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - bell boy
what fool didnt check the details on the v5 at point of sale and then sign and date the bottom to say details were correct
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Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - Rattle
The details were correct, it was clearly an I when I filled it in, my signature clearly also reads Ian. It shows lack of common sense at Swansea as there is not many Andrews called Jan! Although Jan can be a male name it is very rare.

Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - OldSock
Although Jan can be a male name it is very rare.

Round here in The Fens, it has become quite common-place :-)
Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - DP
Very common male name in (mainly North and Eastern) Europe, but tends to be pronounced Yan.
Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - Alanovich
It's just a version of John. Jan, Johan, Yann, Iain, Ieuan, the list is endless.

I'm a Steven, Istvan, Stepan, Stefan, Etienne, Esteban...................
Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - Lud
'I doubt it, sir. His other name is Gengulphus.'

'Good Lord, Jeeves! There's some pretty raw work done at the font, don't you think?' (or words to that effect).
Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - Andrew-T
And a typo in my first post ...


... and in your second post, too, Rattle .. :-)
Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - doctorchris
I don't think such a minor mistake will cause any problems.
Unlike the V5 for my Fiat Panda 4x4 when I bought it in 2005.
It had the car down as a Ford Escort!
The police stopped re this once before I could have it corrected.
Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - rtj70
Rattle, most form processing at the DVLA is handled by OCR and nobody types anything. If the form is not clear it get flagged up and someone takes a look at the scanned version of the document and does some typing. If it's not clear because someone used blue ink they will retrieve the original.

Your I must have looked like a J because that is what the computer thought.

The end to end process is impressive to see.

Edited by rtj70 on 09/04/2009 at 21:50

Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - smokie
My name was spelt wrong too, despite being right when it was sent in. I returned it and it was only a matter of days before I had it back.
Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - spikeyhead {p}
and of course OCR systems never ever make a mistake reading handwriting so therefore it must be Rattle's fault.
Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - rtj70
You should have been some of the forms they handled properly though with poor handwriting. But a mark on the form in the wrong place and an I becomes a J.
Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - PST
Might be worth double checking that it doesn't say Voxall Coarser too on the V5.
Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - L'escargot
Judging by your tales of woe of previous cars, an error on the V5 is likely to be the least of your problems!

;-)
Got my V5 - my car is not registered to me - Armitage Shanks {p}
Another example of inaccurate databases! See the long and bad tempered thread about possibly having your car confiscated because of inaccuracies in the MIB Insiurance database.