The ask an MOT tester thread

[Athlon]

Xcore said:

Will a fixed bucket seat on the passenger side of a 3 door car fail? Drivers seat tilts and slides like oem.

No, that's fine, it's if they don't lock upright there is a problem

[RP64]

Had a run in with a kerb and lost

Clearly the alloy damage is cosmetic and I'll need to decide between neatly touching that in or having it professionally repaired.

But I'm posting here to ask about the tyre. It's a Michelin Cross climate with 6mm or so of tread so it would be a shame to replace it if it's not necessary. The tyre has a little flap but when you lift it all you can see is rubber and no cords. It looks like it's just the rim "protector" part that is damaged.

The MOT is due in a couple of months, would this be an MOT issue, will I need to replace it?

If it's not a fail and not any issue can I glue that little flap down to tidy it up a bit?

[Little Pete]

I wouldn’t even advise that and I wouldn’t be concerned if it was stuck down.

[RP64]

Little Pete said:

I wouldn’t even advise that and I wouldn’t be concerned if it was stuck down.

Thanks for that
Absolutely kicking myself
But such is life, these things do happen once in a while I guess.
I'm thinking I'll stick it down and neatly touch the wheel in.
I'm a total perfectionist but I think I'll have to learn to live with it because it is a good quality tyre and all opinions I have had so far seem to say it's superficial and cosmetic.

[RP64]

RP64 said:

Had a run in with a kerb and lost

Clearly the alloy damage is cosmetic and I'll need to decide between neatly touching that in or having it professionally repaired.

But I'm posting here to ask about the tyre. It's a Michelin Cross climate with 6mm or so of tread so it would be a shame to replace it if it's not necessary. The tyre has a little flap but when you lift it all you can see is rubber and no cords. It looks like it's just the rim "protector" part that is damaged.

The MOT is due in a couple of months, would this be an MOT issue, will I need to replace it?

If it's not a fail and not any issue can I glue that little flap down to tidy it up a bit?

Even if it's an MOT pass what would you do if it was your own car? Is this a cosmetic issue? Would it be prudent or just plain wasteful to replace the tyre?

[Little Pete]

RP64 said:

Even if it's an MOT pass what would you do if it was your own car? Is this a cosmetic issue? Would it be prudent or just plain wasteful to replace the tyre?

If the loose bit of rubber bothered me I’d probably stick it down, I definitely wouldn’t be replacing the tyre. The rubber at the rim protector is very thick so I don’t think the damage is anything more than cosmetic.

[RP64]

Little Pete said:

RP64 said:

Even if it's an MOT pass what would you do if it was your own car? Is this a cosmetic issue? Would it be prudent or just plain wasteful to replace the tyre?

If the loose bit of rubber bothered me I’d probably stick it down, I definitely wouldn’t be replacing the tyre. The rubber at the rim protector is very thick so I don’t think the damage is anything more than cosmetic.

Thank you, I really appreciate it
I don't really want to replace the tyre because it was only fitted in October and I prefer replacing tyres in twos or fours really

[Monkeylegend]

Can't be bothered to check 100 plus pages so this might have already been answered, but.....


Can a car fail an MOT if a safety recall by the Manufacturer has not been carried out, ie BMW have just announced an airbag recall where there is the potential for airbags to degrade and possibly explode and has apparently resulted in deaths in the USA.

If the recall cannot be carried out before an MOT is due will this be known by the MOT tester and result in a fail?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/cars/article-121...

[Athlon]

No, Recalls have no affect on the MOT, we test as presented and the scheme has no method of checking for recalls. (you can check on the MOT history site though)

[Geertsen]

Little Pete said:

Just what you want to see after lunch.
This was behind the drivers seat. It was pasta at one time, it’s now pasta it’s use by date

The rest of the car was the same

That’s an absolute joke. Completely disrespectful to the person having to test that car!

[Monkeylegend]

Athlon said:

No, Recalls have no affect on the MOT, we test as presented and the scheme has no method of checking for recalls. (you can check on the MOT history site though)

Thanks for that, I possibly have one of the cars to be recalled.

The MOT history site shows no current recalls.

[oakdale]

Just for a laugh, have look at the advisories for the first and second test on this Freelander.

https://cartaxcheck.co.uk/free-car-check/mot-histo...

[anonymous-user]

RP64 said:

Even if it's an MOT pass what would you do if it was your own car? Is this a cosmetic issue? Would it be prudent or just plain wasteful to replace the tyre?

That's non an MOT failure.....



That's an MOT failure!

[Randy Winkman]

Does it matter that the "Parking light" warning light randomly comes on in my Vectra? All of the lights work though. It started when a brake light bulb went, which has now been replaced. Cheers.

[Athlon]

If the lights work it is fine, lamp warnings on the dash are not testable (and are often false alerts)

[Randy Winkman]

Athlon said:

If the lights work it is fine, lamp warnings on the dash are not testable (and are often false alerts)

Thanks very much. I have heard of warning lights leading to MOT failures but I guess that doesn't apply if you can literally see that the lights in question work.

[VeeReihenmotor6]

I was looking at a car and checked out its MOT history and am just wondering why these would be advisories?



The car in question has had a chassis refresh where everything is new - powdercoated, new bushes, floor back to metal and redone. The knocking noise was a wheel weight hitting an upgraded sized caliper so not too worried about that.

Why is it an advisory that there are new brakes all round (refurb'd by a professional - bigg red - looking at receipts.

Confused me as always thought advisories were a bad thing?

[JakeT]

Testers often use them to cover their arse. Some people use the MOT as a free ticket for a year, so if something fails afterwards the MOT tester will get a lot of stick as ‘they said the car was safe’

Honestly, advisories aren’t they end of the world. Moreso, I’ve been concerned when a car seeing regular use never sees any advisories.

[nipsips]

I think I know the answer to this….

Fail or not. Company car so no issue with replacing other than time. MOT is booked in two weeks and I haven’t the time to get it done before typically!





Thanks in advance

[stevemcs]

Might want to prey the MOT tester is a midget ans can only just see over the steering wheel