Cracked laminated sunroof. MOT failure in UK?

[caziques]

Just interested - the MOT equivalent in NZ is largely a copy of the UK regs, although any rust here is treated like an STD.

The local station has noticed my sunroof has some cracks in it (they've missed it before), and cite "safety" as the reason for not giving an MOT (WOF or Warrant of Fitness).

I can take it out, and put it back - just wondered if a UK examiner would fail it - or would it be an advisory. Being laminated it's almost bullet proof.

[jamesh764]

My wife's car has passed the last three MOTs with a crack in the sunroof.

[Spangles]

It's not a failure and would be a manual advisory of the tester could be bothered, I probably wouldn't.

[TooMany2cvs]

Sunroof isn't testable at all.

Cracks in windscreens are failable because of visibility. If you're looking out the sunroof at where you're going, something's already gone a bit wrong.

[justanother5tar]

TooMany2cvs said:

If you're looking out the sunroof at where you're going, something's already gone a bit wrong.

[mcford]

TooMany2cvs said:

Sunroof isn't testable at all.

Cracks in windscreens are failable because of visibility. If you're looking out the sunroof at where you're going, something's already gone a bit wrong.

And only then if the drivers view of the road through it is affected.

[Retroman]

Perhaps they failed it due to the affect it may have on the structural rigidity of the body shell.

[wolf1]

Retroman said:

Perhaps they failed it due to the affect it may have on the structural rigidity of the body shell.

It's a moving panel of glass, it serves not structural purpose whatsoever.

[battered]

You can remove the thing if you wish. It's not structural as it's an opening panel. Not worth mentioning.