For those that are interested, the new MOT history site..

[bullio]

Peanut Gallery said:

bullio said:

My e39 has previously failed on;

Nearside Headlamp incorrect colour (1.7.5b)
Offside Headlamp incorrect colour (1.7.5b)

??? Car is completely standard, running original pre-facelift lights.

Hey, mine failed on

Offside Front position lamp(s) has less than 50% of the light sources illuminating (1.1.A.3b)

the joys...

That reminds me, need to get the hairdryer out before MOT time...

[funkyrobot]

tedman said:

I raise you an 1993 BMW 520i E34 I had as a runabout a few years ago (I think it was scrapped after this epic fail of an MOT):

Reason(s) for failure
Windscreen has damage to an area in excess of a 10mm circle within zone 'A' (8.3.1a)
Nearside Front Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)
Offside Front Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel (3.1.6b)
Offside Headlamp aim too low (1.8)
Nearside Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)
Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.4.G.2)
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive (7.3.D.3)
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (7.3.D.3)
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)
Offside Rear Sub-frame rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
Nearside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.2.6)
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)
Advisory notice item(s)
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar has slight play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)
Offside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
Front Brake pad(s) wearing thin (3.5.1g)
Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Front Brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.B.4d)
Offside Front Road wheel with a slightly distorted bead rim (4.2.A.1a)
Offside Rear Road wheel with a slightly distorted bead rim (4.2.A.1a)
Nearside Front Suspension arm has slight play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)
Nearside Rear Sub-frame rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
n/s/r tyre worn to 3mm
front coil springs corroded
front number plate cracked/damaged
major oil leak
all fuel pipes very corroded
both nearside and offside sills corroded inner and outer but not exssively

Cue someone on here saying you could have fixed that for £30 with parts from a scrappy.

[markw996]

Nice to see my old Porsche 928 now has an MOT after being off the road for 5 years!
The amount of corrosion recorded on the 2010 MOT reads like something from the Titanic...

[Shaoxter]

DaiBakes said:

Doesn't seem to work for personalised plates, can anyone else confirm?

One of mine works (goes all the way back to the first MoT).
Other one I changed this year only has the most recent record. I think the garage mentioned that they couldn't find the previous details.

Both in the same format: 1 letter, 1 number, 3 letters.

[bracken78]

All bar one of my cars are still alive! My Corsa I sold 11 years ago with around 55,000 miles on the clock is amazingly still going now with 65,000 miles on the clock. It was brought by a daughter for her mum as it had power steering! I even left the 6x9s in the rear shelf for he...!

[gmaz]

Interesting... my old '03 WRX I sold in 2011 went from 156K miles in 2014 to 101K miles in 2015.

[DaiBakes]

Thanks for confirming personlised plates are working. Mine works on Tax check and AskMID but not here. Old format, but only put on the car a month ago so maybe this database is a little slow on the update

[petrolsniffer]

How long before this is common knowledge and people will cover up their plates on ads? some do it already and I usually avoid.

[LotusOmega375D]

gmaz said:

Interesting... my old '03 WRX I sold in 2011 went from 156K miles in 2014 to 101K miles in 2015.

Was it an import? Testers sometimes mix up miles and km. For example 156K km = 97K miles, so 101K miles the next year is possible.

[LankyLegoHead]

My old MX5 Is showing its KM's in Miles I notice.


Also a Clio GT we had brand new in 09 has failed all its MOT's once.

[alistair267]

bullio said:

My e39 has previously failed on;

Nearside Headlamp incorrect colour (1.7.5b)
Offside Headlamp incorrect colour (1.7.5b)

??? Car is completely standard, running original pre-facelift lights.

My E46 is the same - incorrect colour rear indicators (but prior to my ownership). It is completely standard and I assume always has been?

[gmaz]

LotusOmega375D said:

gmaz said:

Interesting... my old '03 WRX I sold in 2011 went from 156K miles in 2014 to 101K miles in 2015.

Was it an import? Testers sometimes mix up miles and km. For example 156K km = 97K miles, so 101K miles the next year is possible.

Euro import from Belgium, but RHD full UK spec with the Odo in miles.

[V8covin]

My 3 letter 3 number reg doesn't show up....I've had it for something like 10 years and it's only been on 2 cars,both blue BMWs.

[BenWRXSEi]

Interesting, my old Subaru wagon seems to have been clocked since I sold it

[AyBee]

Personalised plate here (LNN LLL) and it works fine for me. Plate was only switched a few months ago as well.

[rohrl]

If we're going for lengthy lists then check out my old Mk1 Golf (no longer in my possession).

Reason(s) for failure

Offside Inner Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.2.6)
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working (1.2.1b)
Offside Rear fog lamp not working (1.3.2b)
Offside Rear position lamp(s) adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (1.1.A.3f)
Offside Rear Direction indicator adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (1.4.A.2h)
Inner Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)
Nearside Inner Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)
Front Steering locking device insecure (2.2.C.1g)
Offside Front Macpherson strut insecure (2.4.G.1)
Suspension has inadequate clearance with the bump stop (2.4.A.1a)
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort (3.7.B.5a)
Emissions not tested (7.0)

Advisory notice item(s)

Offside Inner Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)
Nearside Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)
Front Headlamp deteriorated but light output not reduced (1.7.5a)
BOTH front seats have no forward/back adjuster and rear back tilt.

[daydotz]

Quite interesting one of my old cars seemed to have a advisory for a screw in n/s rear tyre every year

[paulwoof]

My jap import celica seems to get logged as Km's and Miles year about, This year its 125,000 miles, Last year was 121,000 Km's

[Swanny87]

Pickled Piper said:

Nice to see our family car from the 1970s is still running.

Sad to see the demise of one of my family's car from the 90's.

"Nearside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering".

It went for another 2 years after that

Then

"front chassis slight corrosion cross member corroded and holed not within 12" of prescribed area".

[boxedin]

Sad... checking one of my old motorbikes which I sold after racking up 40K in 18mths, has done a whole 750 miles since I sold it, 2 years ago.