Is intermittent wipe an MOT requirement?

[anonymous-user]

The MOT on my 2005 Astravan is due in 2 weeks time, and the only thing wrong with it (that I can see) is the intermittent wipe doesn't work.

It stopped working about 10 months ago (common Astra fault) and its never actually bothered me, plus I just haven't got time to get the van into the garage for a day or whatever between now and MOT time due to work.

The wipers work fine on the slow and fast settings just not intermittent.

Thanks

[thinfourth2]

You do know intermittent wipe used to be an optional extra on astra end of the market


So basically no

[Herman Toothrot]

As said, not needed all the wipers have to do is wipe the screen effectively when they do wipe - frequency of wiping is irrelevant.

[acricha3]

As far as I am aware there is no criteria to state/test wiper speed and duration.

I believe they just look for a clear wipe (so no smearing/missed patches) as well as the usual checks for any cracks/chips inside the visibility zone.

If in doubt it might be worth a quick phone call to an MOT station and ask the question!

[anonymous-user]

Thanks for those quick replies!

[Snowboy]

I do know that there's a few odd clauses in an MOT where some things have to work if they are present, but don't have to be present.

For example, I've heard of people failing with non-working foglights – so they have just removed the foglights and passed.

I guess it's possible that the may question that the intermittent is present but not working – but I'd guess it's not part of the Mot – and I'd doubt you'd fail on it.
At worst, some sort of advisory.