will it pass an mot

[gb]

one of my rear seat belt clips isnt catching the seatbelt wiil this be a fail on a mot if so dose any vag modle a straight swop

 

[The MoffMeister]

take them out, the seats the belts etc as mork has said before they cant test what isnt there

 

[gb]

thats one way of stopping the kids droping stuff all over the seats

 

[The MoffMeister]

i only mean for the mot then after fit it all back or replace part

 

[TINCAN]

if its fitted from standard then it must be present and working, i think the MOT book states cars after X year should have belts fitted. Therefore i am sure if they can't find a belt it will fail...

End of the day, if your carrying kids you are going to replace it anyway !

 

[gb]

i know what your saying but it dosent help me (na noo na noo)

 

[andycupra]

yes it will fail.

id expect the parts to be standard but i dont know for sure.

 

[The MoffMeister]

ah my bad wasnt aware of that

 

[TINCAN]

see link for legislation re: seatbelts

http://www.securon.co.uk/press/seat_belts_general.htm

 

[m0rk]

take them out, the seats the belts etc as mork has said before they cant test what isnt there

The rules state - each seat must have a seat belt for cars past 19xx

So if you can't fix the belt in time, take the rear seat bench out & they cannot fail it.

however, you should fix it asap, as it is an offence to drive a car not capable of passing an MOT (at any time)

my car will be MOT'd with one seat just to be sure

 

[Fl@pper]

are you putting it in the right slot ?

 

[The MoffMeister]

woo hoo house point for me lol

 

[TINCAN]

even if thats correct mate, surely cost for a new belt or catch is not going to cost you that much!

 

[gb]

are you putting it in the right slot ?

tryed all of the rear belts in the slot and it dosent work ,even took it out and gave it a kock to see if there was something jamed in it but still nothing.

 

[Three Leons]

Mmm,

Sorry to detract (slightly) from your problem gb, but I have just fitted car seat covers to the rear bench which completely cover the middle seat belt. I never have anyone in the back at all nevermind the middle so don't mind not having this belt - but from the above it seems I will fail my MOT (which is this week). Is this right?

 

[m0rk]

Yup, it should fail.

Just remove the covers?

I think you could even be as cheeky as to fold (and secure with a bungy) the rear seats down.