New Regs - Any thoughts ??
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Two new regulations - the MIL Check and Energy Labelling for Tyres - have caught my eye over the last few days.
The Malfunction Indication Lamp (MIL) check has been part of the MOT test since January, but only on an advisory basis. From April, however, if your dashboard warning lights for, say, ABS or ESC, TPMS etc are illuminated at MOT your car will automatically fail and you will need to get it retested once fixed. I had the DB9 MOT in March so it wasn't an issue but there have been several posts of late regarding warning lights appearing and people hoping to wait until the next service to get them seen to.
Having just bought 2 new rear tyres, I was interested to find that from November all new tyres must undergo mandatory energy labelling to allow consumers more information when choosing new tyres, as well as pushing manufacturers into the same direction as those of domestic appliances. The labels will cover fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise (including the new EU limit of 72dB in 2016).
Will be interesting to see where Aston come on the league table of MIL checks - Renault look like they could top the first table - and I'm intrigued to discover how efficient our expensive tyres really are
The Malfunction Indication Lamp (MIL) check has been part of the MOT test since January, but only on an advisory basis. From April, however, if your dashboard warning lights for, say, ABS or ESC, TPMS etc are illuminated at MOT your car will automatically fail and you will need to get it retested once fixed. I had the DB9 MOT in March so it wasn't an issue but there have been several posts of late regarding warning lights appearing and people hoping to wait until the next service to get them seen to.
Having just bought 2 new rear tyres, I was interested to find that from November all new tyres must undergo mandatory energy labelling to allow consumers more information when choosing new tyres, as well as pushing manufacturers into the same direction as those of domestic appliances. The labels will cover fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise (including the new EU limit of 72dB in 2016).
Will be interesting to see where Aston come on the league table of MIL checks - Renault look like they could top the first table - and I'm intrigued to discover how efficient our expensive tyres really are
Jockman said:
Two new regulations - the MIL Check and Energy Labelling for Tyres - have caught my eye over the last few days.
The Malfunction Indication Lamp (MIL) check has been part of the MOT test since January, but only on an advisory basis. From April, however, if your dashboard warning lights for, say, ABS or ESC, TPMS etc are illuminated at MOT your car will automatically fail and you will need to get it retested once fixed. I had the DB9 MOT in March so it wasn't an issue but there have been several posts of late regarding warning lights appearing and people hoping to wait until the next service to get them seen to.
Having just bought 2 new rear tyres, I was interested to find that from November all new tyres must undergo mandatory energy labelling to allow consumers more information when choosing new tyres, as well as pushing manufacturers into the same direction as those of domestic appliances. The labels will cover fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise (including the new EU limit of 72dB in 2016).
Will be interesting to see where Aston come on the league table of MIL checks - Renault look like they could top the first table - and I'm intrigued to discover how efficient our expensive tyres really are
Quite amusing that the tyre noise reg will be 72db and we are all removing fuse 22 for more noise The Malfunction Indication Lamp (MIL) check has been part of the MOT test since January, but only on an advisory basis. From April, however, if your dashboard warning lights for, say, ABS or ESC, TPMS etc are illuminated at MOT your car will automatically fail and you will need to get it retested once fixed. I had the DB9 MOT in March so it wasn't an issue but there have been several posts of late regarding warning lights appearing and people hoping to wait until the next service to get them seen to.
Having just bought 2 new rear tyres, I was interested to find that from November all new tyres must undergo mandatory energy labelling to allow consumers more information when choosing new tyres, as well as pushing manufacturers into the same direction as those of domestic appliances. The labels will cover fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise (including the new EU limit of 72dB in 2016).
Will be interesting to see where Aston come on the league table of MIL checks - Renault look like they could top the first table - and I'm intrigued to discover how efficient our expensive tyres really are
Jockman said:
The Malfunction Indication Lamp (MIL) check has been part of the MOT test since January, but only on an advisory basis. From April, however, if your dashboard warning lights for, say, ABS or ESC, TPMS etc are illuminated at MOT your car will automatically fail and you will need to get it retested once fixed.
The date is still tbc. Was announced late last year that it would come in April/May...However there still has not been a 'Special Notice' to MoT stations giving an exact date that it goes 'live' so like many of the 'proposed' changes its still watch this space. TPMS will ONLY be on vehicles first regd from 1st Jan this year...So that will give everyone 3 years to sort that one out..except taxis which need a test after 12months.Tony V12V said:
The date is still tbc. Was announced late last year that it would come in April/May...However there still has not been a 'Special Notice' to MoT stations giving an exact date that it goes 'live' so like many of the 'proposed' changes its still watch this space. TPMS will ONLY be on vehicles first regd from 1st Jan this year...So that will give everyone 3 years to sort that one out..except taxis which need a test after 12months.
Thanks for the heads up Tony - I have another 4 cars coming up for MOT (Karen's plus 3 girls) so I shall keep my eye on the advisory status of the MIL. George H said:
No idea, just don't want tyres to drop in grip to satisfy some load of b
ks EU legislation
You make a decent point in a customary manner Georgio ks EU legislation 
In my factory, the first Action Point was lowered to 80dB in 2005?, and the second Action Point to 85dB - perhaps this 72dB target for 2016 is a forewarning that these Action Points are going to be lowered at some time in the near future?
I did get a phone call at MOT time this year - "TPMS light is on !" ...it was January and very cold...so I told them if they put 2psi in each tyre it might go off...low and behold, it passed its MOT
/i guess you need a friendly MOT place, otherwise you could fail just because the temp is a bit cold in their workshop
/i guess you need a friendly MOT place, otherwise you could fail just because the temp is a bit cold in their workshop
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