New m.o.t

[BEOWULF]

well put.

advisories can be issued year after year and the car often dies with them still as an advisory. these days its just a case of any tester covering there back and they mean very little.

you can have such a thing as a dangerous advisory which is an item that is considered dangerous BUT is not part of the test an example of this would be an insecure roof box - its not on the test and doesnt prevent the test from taking place yet it could quite easily fall off and injure a pedestrian.

That might be so but why put down for a cover what the manufacturers fit. I can not see the logic in this at all

 

[gazR]

That might be so but why put down for a cover what the manufacturers fit. I can not see the logic in this at all

exactly, my mates passat is worse than a leon its full of pastic covers and underneath its even worse, can only see the rear suspension, the rest is heat shield or plastic. i asked my mot'er and he said he wont be giving me an advisory for it

 

[seatcupra225]

On my last mot in November I was advised by the tester I would fail my next mot as my hids didn't have a self wash function or self levelling, so he was wrong??

 

[BEOWULF]

On my last mot in November I was advised by the tester I would fail my next mot as my hids didn't have a self wash function or self levelling, so he was wrong??

This November they will new mot rules come into force in April

 

[lee2412]

Took my car for m.o.t today not impressed to say at least.
I got 4 advisory's and i can not see why
1. engine covers fitted obscuring some components in the engine bay
2. turbo pipe insecuer
3. items removed from driver's view
4. nearside front (lens marked) headlamp deteriorated but light output not reduced


whats ? that all about

I bought an lcr 4 years ago from a seat dealer and when i took it for the test 9 months later they failed it because the rubber was missing from the brake pedal.I complained about it quite a bit as the rubber wasnt on when i bought the car and the guy at the garage said "maybe it just fell off",when they fitted a new one at my expense it was massive,how would i not notice it,werent impressed!

 

[James_R]

That might be so but why put down for a cover what the manufacturers fit. I can not see the logic in this at all

Its quite clear that if a cover, standard or not does'nt permit a proper inspection then a tester is well entitled to pass and advise to cover his own back in the event that a component obscured by the particular cover fails. its all for the sake of legal crap - "you missed this so - i'm sueing you" sort of thing or VOSA "you missed this so - we're revoking your testing licience"

On my last mot in November I was advised by the tester I would fail my next mot as my hids didn't have a self wash function or self levelling, so he was wrong??

This November they will new mot rules come into force in April

The only thing HIDs will fail for is:

• if they have a washer system fitted from the factory that DOES NOT work
• they are too blue 6000k upward
• the beam pattern is incorrect
• they do not turn on or off in sequence
• etc

basiclly anything a normal headlight bulb would but the washer system IF FITTED must work.

check out this link:

http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_170.htm

item 2 on meathods and RfR.

 

[James_R]

I bought an lcr 4 years ago from a seat dealer and when i took it for the test 9 months later they failed it because the rubber was missing from the brake pedal.I complained about it quite a bit as the rubber wasnt on when i bought the car and the guy at the garage said "maybe it just fell off",when they fitted a new one at my expense it was massive,how would i not notice it,werent impressed!

brake pedal rubbers missing are a fail however if the pedal undernieth is jagged or has reems pressed into it then that in itself is considered to be a none-slip surface and passes.

 

[Muttley]

I despair. Can't we just shoot unemployed lawyers instead of having them draft legislation that attempts to define "common sense" ?

 

[BUBBA808]

im not seeing the hid bulbs as an issue, aslong as you take the 5 mins to replace the bulbs with the old ones before you take it to the garage.

 

[iSamKing]

im not seeing the hid bulbs as an issue, aslong as you take the 5 mins to replace the bulbs with the old ones before you take it to the garage.

Its not so much as the mot stations it's more the police. Will try get you on them too.