Led - mot - failures

[OLDOILER]

Just had the cars first MOT today and it initially failed, luckily I had the original bulbs to put back and the car was passed.
Reason for failure : the "white leds are deemed blue" by the transport tester - so before you take your pride and joy for its MOT remember to fit the old candles back!!
You CAN have white/blue LED's fitted as a auxiliary lamps but NOT has part of the side light array
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Least it was done FOC - no retest etc. ...........................................!!

 

[Chan_P1_TDi_FR]

cheers for the heads up will bear that in mind for my MOT next year.

 

[Nath.]

Is the tester colour blind?

 

[Jace]

They will fail you for anything these days, a guy at work was failed due to his satnav bracket being on the windscreen

 

[Nath.]

They will fail you for anything these days, a guy at work was failed due to his satnav bracket being on the windscreen

Some people do have their satnav stuck right in the middle of the screen though........

 

[Fl@pper]

They will fail you for anything these days, a guy at work was failed due to his satnav bracket being on the windscreen

If it's in the area/zone of testing then yes it will fail as it's probably in the line of vision

Is the tester colour blind?

sadly open to interpretation of the tester itself and considering a standard bulb is effectively a dull orange i would imagine it will be more common a failure soon

both points are predantic admittedly but remember they can't move/remove anything whilst carrying out the mot and there has to be a line somewhere.

 

[Jon TDI]

My white sidelight bulbs passed the MOT last month.

 

[Chan_P1_TDi_FR]

Jon, did you remove your HIDs when getting your MOT?

 

[Jon TDI]

Jon, did you remove your HIDs when getting your MOT?

No. Left them in.

 

[nc30rider]

Just had the cars first MOT today and it initially failed, luckily I had the original bulbs to put back and the car was passed.
Reason for failure : the "white leds are deemed blue" by the transport tester - so before you take your pride and joy for its MOT remember to fit the old candles back!!
You CAN have white/blue LED's fitted as a auxiliary lamps but NOT has part of the side light array

That's Bullsh*t, some new high end cars don't have bulbs for sidelights, they infact have led's. Sure you would have a case if it was put to VOSA

 

[OLDOILER]

That's Bullsh*t, some new high end cars don't have bulbs for sidelights, they infact have led's. Sure you would have a case if it was put to VOSA

Yes that was going to be the line I would have taken if it got nasty!! but it was done in good faith on both sides!! - but be warned. ..................................

 

[Fl@pper]

That's Bullsh*t, some new high end cars don't have bulbs for sidelights, they infact have led's. Sure you would have a case if it was put to VOSA

it's the interpretation of the colour that is the cause as it's left open to the tester's eye not the fact it's an led mind.

if you do fail for it and have a good case as to believe the colour has been misinterpreted then ask for an appeal.

a lot of cheap 'white' led's in all fairness do look blue to be honest and as time goes on then you will probably see the vosa handbooks get updated as more and more modern cars rely on led for lighting

current fad seems to be 'halogen' sidelights that are way brighter than the standard 5w

 

[/dev/null]

I have white sidelights in and a private plate with the space missing and mine went straight through its MOT at the dealers. I think that if you go there a lot and spend a lot of money with them then it's in their interest not to piss you off. Yes, "technically" it might be a failure however if they may potentially lose future business from you because they are being arsey about something so petty then it's not worth it for em!

Considering how much I've spent with them, they'll want to keep my custom!

 

[s2celly]

my celica failed MOT with LED sides, was put down as incorrect color

 

[robdf2]

Most hid kits i see people driving round with are more blue than white , i cant see people keep taking these in and out to get them through an MOT?

seems a bit mad to me failing a car cause it has a slight blue hue to side lights , personaly there are better things to worry about like the reversing bulb doesnt light up sh*t , but hay ho thats politics for you.

 

[Leigh15]

Reversing lights aren't a legal requirement

 

[robdf2]

Reversing lights aren't a legal requirement

thats not what my post is about.
its about the fact that they light up sh*t and as a point should be made part of the mot test , my mk1 leon had great lights and 2 of them but these euro style are not worth a wa*k

 

[mhill]

Go back and contest it, look at the LED lights fitted as standard to Audi's, the ones one mine are very white/blue colour!

 

[OLDOILER]

Go back and contest it, look at the LED lights fitted as standard to Audi's, the ones one mine are very white/blue colour!

Your MOT is around 3yrs away - the regulations will have been updated by then to reflect the lighting changes in place

 

[OLDOILER]

Reversing lights aren't a legal requirement

As general rule of thumb for MOT's "if its fitted it must comply and work"