MOT Advisories

[Athlon]

[quote=Who me ?]I wonder about how many trees MOT testers would like to fell, or is it all about protecting their rectum?
Regular ones are
Child seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt
Under-trays fitted obscuring some underside components
Perhaps tester might like to pay for the removal and replacement of under-tray , or removal of child seat/
ONE prize woopsie was on my exhaust- shown on advisory as "heat shield corroded". Exhaust specialist examined said "heat shield" and declared it as a DOUBLE SKINNED EXHAUST BOX, where the outer was corroded.
BUT- this is a choice one, and has shown up since first MOT , AT CAR WITH 14K on clock

Nearside Front brake disc slightly pitted (3.5.1h)
Offside Front brake disc slightly pitted (3.5.1h)

RAC bloke told me it's a standard get out for testers when the pads DO NO sweep the whole disc and the outer area protrudes.
(Or in my book- another ploy to do unnecessary work )
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Child seat and under-trays as you have written there are the way the scheme used to add tham as clickable advises, we are not allowed to touch child seats so we can't see if you have fitted one to hide a damaged belt..Undertrays are discussed very well in the post above this one.

Perhaps we should charge to remove the trays? and other covers that are preventing us from doing our job properly? Despite common thought, MOT's do not make a huge profit and many garages are honest and not using the scheme to make mugs of customers and rip them off, many of us want to make sure the car you drive is safe for you.

Brake discs, they soon start to corrode on the inner faces, especially if not driven regularly, My threshold for advising is greater than some but considering it is all but impossible to fail a disc what would you have us do? I have seen and passed discs with no clean face on the inside at all because they were not about to break up! Better you know that your pads are basically rubbing on a file when you slow down don't you think?

We can't win, we advise and you moan, we don't and a pipe pops or the pads wear out the week after and you moan, better to be moaned about with no come back if you kill yourself in my book.

[wolf1]

Athlon said:

Except it is wrong! you can advise anything you feel needed as a manual advisory, when you click this there is a text box that allows you to add what you want.

It isn't wrong at all, Every tester knows about manual advisories however they aren't stupid enough to risk a visit from the area VE for being an idiot.

The ones that always get shown with remarks about st wheels etc are just training test printouts, you only ever see the advisory section and never the whole printout as it has training test written in bold on it. With comp2 you no longer have the ability to printout training test certs so won't see these fake advisories.

[Athlon]

wolf1 said:

Athlon said:

Except it is wrong! you can advise anything you feel needed as a manual advisory, when you click this there is a text box that allows you to add what you want.

It isn't wrong at all, Every tester knows about manual advisories however they aren't stupid enough to risk a visit from the area VE for being an idiot.

The ones that always get shown with remarks about st wheels etc are just training test printouts, you only ever see the advisory section and never the whole printout as it has training test written in bold on it. With comp2 you no longer have the ability to printout training test certs so won't see these fake advisories.

Sad to say there are stupid ones, I have seen genuine certs with idiot comments in the advisories mate. It's a shame but true, just like some use the scheme to create work, they take a risk that it won't be picked up. Hopefully the new CPD system will weed some out but I doubt it!

[BrewsterBear]

My 1982 911 had only two advisories; Slight play on the offside rear wheel bearing (now replaced) and car heavily undersealed.

Car heavily undersealed?! It's an old car that I have just restored and would rather wasn't rusty again by this time next year. Should I leave the repairs bare for you to look at while they rust away? tt.

[wolf1]

Athlon said:

Sad to say there are stupid ones, I have seen genuine certs with idiot comments in the advisories mate. It's a shame but true, just like some use the scheme to create work, they take a risk that it won't be picked up. Hopefully the new CPD system will weed some out but I doubt it!

I'd never believe anyone was that stupid but I've just been sent a reg to check on the MOT history checker and you're absolutely right there are some prize retards out there. L722CPD Ford

Advisory notice item(s)
very loud shade of dog dick red
chassis black covering the complete underside of vehicle including bumpers
loose nut behind the wheel
large yellow lollipop makes steering dificult
engine missing
found it under bonnet
dead bugs on windsheild
live bugs on order
crack on windsheild outside the swept area
the crack is good

[Little Pete]

BrewsterBear said:

My 1982 911 had only two advisories; Slight play on the offside rear wheel bearing (now replaced) and car heavily undersealed.

Car heavily undersealed?! It's an old car that I have just restored and would rather wasn't rusty again by this time next year. Should I leave the repairs bare for you to look at while they rust away? tt.

How would you feel if you bought a car with a full MOT only to find that underneath all the underseal it had been repaired with bits of cardboard and Sikaflex? Would you give the benefit of the doubt to the tester because he couldn't see the repairs or would you be onto the DVSA saying the MOT was dodgy?
These are things that testers have to consider every day whilst making sure our roads aren't full of dangerous clunkers. The tester is not the t@@t.

[Loyly]

Had a chuckle when I got my motorbike back from MOT this year. Pass with no advisories, but the service manager did say, in a strong South African accent: "the exhaust is er, a little loud for road use Mr. Löyly."

[Krikkit]

Little Pete said:

BrewsterBear said:

My 1982 911 had only two advisories; Slight play on the offside rear wheel bearing (now replaced) and car heavily undersealed.

Car heavily undersealed?! It's an old car that I have just restored and would rather wasn't rusty again by this time next year. Should I leave the repairs bare for you to look at while they rust away? tt.

How would you feel if you bought a car with a full MOT only to find that underneath all the underseal it had been repaired with bits of cardboard and Sikaflex? Would you give the benefit of the doubt to the tester because he couldn't see the repairs or would you be onto the DVSA saying the MOT was dodgy?
These are things that testers have to consider every day whilst making sure our roads aren't full of dangerous clunkers. The tester is not the t@@t.

Quite.

Same thing with undertrays imo - if you've got one fitted which obscures most of the underside, how can you know whether the engine/gearbox/PAS etc is leaking, or if you've got some nasty obscured chassis rot?

[Dr Interceptor]

The Jensen once got an advisory for 'sill protectors fitted'.

My Beetle also has an advisory on its last MOT which states "Both inner rear wings corroded and holed". They are not. The inner wings have holes in near the rear valance for bumper mountings, which on my car aren't used. They are not corroded, but there is one small 10mm hole each side.