MOT station mystery fail then pass
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Just looking at my cars MOT history. The last three MOTs have all been at the same place and it's passed each time.However, in 2016 there's a fail for headlamp aim, immediately followed by a same-mileage pass.
I watch them do it each year and they've not touched my headlamps, nor was I told they'd failed and then passed it so I'm surprised and annoyed. Aside from the fact they've lost a loyal customer what incentive would they have for quietly making up a fail?
I watch them do it each year and they've not touched my headlamps, nor was I told they'd failed and then passed it so I'm surprised and annoyed. Aside from the fact they've lost a loyal customer what incentive would they have for quietly making up a fail?
Why would they have made it up?
They can adjust headlights in about 2 seconds with an Allen key on lots of cars, but the correct way really is to fail the car (as it was a failure item) then repair and retest.
The fact you say it's lost them a customer baffles me? Are you not happy that they fixed your car, retested it and, I assume as this is the first you've known of it, not charged you for anything?
They can adjust headlights in about 2 seconds with an Allen key on lots of cars, but the correct way really is to fail the car (as it was a failure item) then repair and retest.
The fact you say it's lost them a customer baffles me? Are you not happy that they fixed your car, retested it and, I assume as this is the first you've known of it, not charged you for anything?
I'm annoyed because they didn't touch it or make any mention of recording a fail. This particular place it's quite small and the viewing area consists of a sofa in front of a big window directly in front of the ramp. They generally start the timer, stick it up on the ramp then go of and fix another car for 20 minutes. If I thought both headlights were out and they'd adjusted then for free is be overjoyed.
spanky3 said:
I'm annoyed because they didn't touch it or make any mention of recording a fail. This particular place it's quite small and the viewing area consists of a sofa in front of a big window directly in front of the ramp. They generally start the timer, stick it up on the ramp then go of and fix another car for 20 minutes. If I thought both headlights were out and they'd adjusted then for free is be overjoyed.
So you're questioning why they 'made up' a fail, then in the next post admit that they don't normally even test the cars? In related news, I had my car MoTed today. I have 2 sheets of paper, one fail for headlamp aim and one Pass issued a few minutes later. No extra cost.
I suspect the computerised MoT system marks it as a fail as the inspector works through the test list. He then fixes the issue and presses another button.
No scam, just a slightly different way of working from the old hand written tests.
I suspect the computerised MoT system marks it as a fail as the inspector works through the test list. He then fixes the issue and presses another button.
No scam, just a slightly different way of working from the old hand written tests.
I've had it before with bike MOT's. I was told by the my regular mot guy that if they pass too many it looks suspicious and they are more likely to be inspected. I'd have thought there would be enough genuine fails to account for this but I guess not.
I was waiting once when the VOSA guy turned up doing a routine inspection so the tester had to deliberately fail it on a couple of petty things that they would normally overlook to make it look like everything was done 100% by the book. I then had to wait around till he went so they could pass it.
I was waiting once when the VOSA guy turned up doing a routine inspection so the tester had to deliberately fail it on a couple of petty things that they would normally overlook to make it look like everything was done 100% by the book. I then had to wait around till he went so they could pass it.
Edited by 0ddball on Monday 26th June 19:57
Can they not do this on people who don't care about their MOT history being squeaky clean?
It pissed me right off when I asked for a list of things to be done to my car BEFORE they did the MOT that I knew were required for it to pass. Instead, they did the MOT first, failed it, did the stuff I asked them to do then re-tested the car.
It pissed me right off when I asked for a list of things to be done to my car BEFORE they did the MOT that I knew were required for it to pass. Instead, they did the MOT first, failed it, did the stuff I asked them to do then re-tested the car.
spanky3 said:
Just looking at my cars MOT history. The last three MOTs have all been at the same place and it's passed each time.However, in 2016 there's a fail for headlamp aim, immediately followed by a same-mileage pass.
I watch them do it each year and they've not touched my headlamps, nor was I told they'd failed and then passed it so I'm surprised and annoyed. Aside from the fact they've lost a loyal customer what incentive would they have for quietly making up a fail?
Headlamps take seconds to adjust. That and he may just be putting some minor things down just to look straight. At least you're not being failed for an item which doesn't need failing.I watch them do it each year and they've not touched my headlamps, nor was I told they'd failed and then passed it so I'm surprised and annoyed. Aside from the fact they've lost a loyal customer what incentive would they have for quietly making up a fail?
ashleyman said:
Can they not do this on people who don't care about their MOT history being squeaky clean?
It pissed me right off when I asked for a list of things to be done to my car BEFORE they did the MOT that I knew were required for it to pass. Instead, they did the MOT first, failed it, did the stuff I asked them to do then re-tested the car.
I’m not sure the obsession on here with clean MOT’s if it’s for something trivial like beam adjustment it wouldn’t stop me buying a car over one with a clean MOT even more so as we all know that one guy who can get you a clean MOT so I’d be just as cautious as a car with a clean MOT as one without. It pissed me right off when I asked for a list of things to be done to my car BEFORE they did the MOT that I knew were required for it to pass. Instead, they did the MOT first, failed it, did the stuff I asked them to do then re-tested the car.
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