** MOT HELP** Is spare wheel ok to put on for mot?

[Mave]

Krikkit said:

Driving a vehicle which not only isn't roadworthy, but knowingly doing so.

Does every mot failure item automatically mean a car is unroadworthy? Airbag light on? Abs light on?

[Spangles]

'Slight inside of tyre wear' doesn't sound like an MOT fail. They can be as bald as a coot on the inner edges and pass. And cracking from old age has got to be fantastically bad to fail an MOT, think '36 years in a barn' bad.

[Robb F]

Welshbeef said:

Megaflow said:

Pre-MOT'd? I've got a pint on that being an MOT and it failed.

If its been "pre-MOT" by an official tester and its failed the car is an MOT fail and will appear so on the system. Do not drive the car on the road unless its back to the test station for a retest.

So many don't realise this and simply assume the prevailing MOT pass does the job sadly it doesn't.

"You can still drive your vehicle if it fails the test and its existing MOT certificate is still valid (ie you got it tested before the expiry date). However, you might be stopped by police and prosecuted if your vehicle is unroadworthy." - Link

Roadworthiness is an issue independent of MOT status.