MOT failed

Squar

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Yeah that will be the coilovers you will need to get on to ap an get two new inserts, the coilovers old?...do they not come with a warrenty?...as aps quite a good brand same make as kw weitec etc.
 

Squar

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Yeah if its only been 8 months would try ringing them first should come with some warranty a would of thought.
 

Guinness

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Wonder if they will be like FK and say its not there problem as the seals were broke due to dirt through use.

Depsite the fact its there design that doesnt use a boot.
 
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If your car failed today, even if the mot isn't due today.. Its classed as a fail, so you can't use the car on the road until it is re-tested and passed.

Just read that you were wanting to use the car to get to work.
 

Viking

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If your car failed today, even if the mot isn't due today.. Its classed as a fail, so you can't use the car on the road until it is re-tested and passed.

Just read that you were wanting to use the car to get to work.

Sorry mate, that's just not right. If the MOT certificate hasn't run out yet then the car still has a valid MOT certificate then it's legal to drive. It may not be roadworthy (which is a different issue altogether) but as far as MOT is concerned it still has one, even if it just failed an MOT.
 
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aren't you given an amount of time to get your car re-tested, rather than your car now becomes illegal
 

Viking

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If you have your vehicle tested (up to a month) prior to the mot expiring then you have a whole month to sort out the issues and get it tested. If it passes then you can have 13 months mot on the vehicle.

Not even VOSA have the power to invalidate an MOT certificate.

If you get your car tested any time after the MOT expires and it fails, it remains an MOT failure obviously. There's a certain amount of time after a test to get some minor items repaired and get a free partial retest.
 

mick-fr

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Sorry mate, that's just not right. If the MOT certificate hasn't run out yet then the car still has a valid MOT certificate then it's legal to drive. It may not be roadworthy (which is a different issue altogether) but as far as MOT is concerned it still has one, even if it just failed an MOT.

I also thought this.

So if your car fails at one garage, then you can't drive it to another for repairs? I think not.
 

andycupra

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of course you can drive away to get repairs if the car fails the MOT.

There are loads of testing places that do not repiars!

However, there is a caviat: you must pre book the MOT and drive to the test station only. If you do not book then if you get stopped you are buggered.
 

mick-fr

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of course you can drive away to get repairs if the car fails the MOT.

There are loads of testing places that do not repiars!

However, there is a caviat: you must pre book the MOT and drive to the test station only. If you do not book then if you get stopped you are buggered.

But what if your previous MOT doesn't expire for say another 3 weeks?
That cannot be rescinded (Not that I'm aware of anyway) So you've still got a valid MOT, just not a roadworthy car?
 

MJ

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If your car fails its mot wether its early or not you have 10 working days to have it repaired and re-tested, be it at the testing station or another garage.

if it fails the test, even if its early and its been logged on to VOSA central computer then its still classed as failled until its logged as passed (its all logged through vosa and this is where the police recordes are sourced, the stored computer data renders the paper cert void), so if you have it tested a month before its due and you still carry the current cert claiming it to be valid then your incorrect and the vehicle has no mot.

And if the dampers (thats what they are classed as) failled for leaking then it would have to be so bad (dripping with oil) that there is risk of the oil contaminating other components such as brakes, either that or it fails the "bounce test".

i am a tester
 

mick-fr

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http://www.mottest.net/mot/mot-failure-question/

That seems to say that your "current" MOT is still valid until the expiry date, no matter if your "new" MOT is a fail. However, obviously if your car failed an MOT then it is not roadworthy, so you could be prosecuted for whatever the defect may be if the police stop you. But if you fix the defects, your car is now roadworthy again, and is MOT'd until your "current" MOT expires (Unless ofcourse you get it retested after the repairs).
 
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