MOT Fail - Free re-test?

[ITtim]

I'm informed that some mot failure points will not incur a fee if repaired and re-tested. My Girlfirends Corsa has just failed on Rear Bearings and Headlight Pattern on one lens.

If i repairs these myself should i be entitled to a 'fast track' test to check those items have been sorted or will i have to pay for a new test?

[pingu]

usually if you take it back within 7 days repaired there is no re-test fee

but some garages may charge i always ask first!

[ITtim]

i kind of recalled something about re-tests no longer being free. is it still the discresion of the garage?

[espresso]

MOT retest info here. (http://www.motester.co.uk/mot-retest.html)

[rdty21]

I think there should be a list of things you get a free re-test for. I had my MOT last week and it failed. The garage i took it to gave me 14 days to fix it and take it back for a free re-test. If i took it back within ten days after 1st test i only needed a partial re-test, so just looking at whatever it failed on but anything between 10 and 14 days after test required a free full restest.

I always check how long they give you to take it back, some only offerd 24 hours unless you allow them to charge the earth to repair if for you then they would be kind enough to do a free re-test.

Like i said at the start, im sure all MOT testing stations have to display their policy and a guide to what is entitled to a free re-test.

Hopefully somebody else will be able to say for sure.

[vwjo]

Yep, all MOT testing stations should have their policy notices, along with their test certificates, on display for customers - some items are different to others as regards time limit for free retests.....and the rules are firmly laid down by the ministry. Don't be too hard on the garage if they do need to do a full retest, after all - why should the be penalised to the tune of 1 hours labour because a) your car failed its test, and b) you decided to take your car elsewhere for the work?

[anewman]

b) you decided to take your car elsewhere for the work?

At my MOT test station it's kind of an unwritten rule they don't do any MOT work, despite their signs saying they do. I suppose this makes them a bit more money from the re-tests, but I know they're not failing it for the sake of failing it. If more people took their cars elsewhere for work to be done, garages wouldn't use the MOT to needlessly drum up business.

My MOT refusal states 10 working days and can be a partial fee for re-test.

On the bearings, if you do them yourself make sure you re-check the adjustment later as mine failed because they worked loose, and on a brake pipe.

[spaceman5]

the garage i use, say they will do a free re-test on a failed mot, only if i leave the vehicle there whilst they do the work the mot failed on, so that they then know that it cant fail, i supppose this is fair enough, because it could fail on something completely different 10 days down the line.

[anewman]

the garage i use, say they will do a free re-test on a failed mot, only if i leave the vehicle there whilst they do the work the mot failed on, so that they then know that it cant fail, i supppose this is fair enough, because it could fail on something completely different 10 days down the line.

But if it's done as a re-test it can only fail on the items tested faulty.

[cyclonebri1]

the garage i use, say they will do a free re-test on a failed mot, only if i leave the vehicle there whilst they do the work the mot failed on, so that they then know that it cant fail, i supppose this is fair enough, because it could fail on something completely different 10 days down the line.


Then find a more "user friendly" garage that is not intent on holding you to ransom over the repairs. If they have done the original test properly there will be no nasties to fail within a few days despite what anyone may say about only being fit for use at the time it was tested.;)

[murphwiz]

Then find a more "user friendly" garage that is not intent on holding you to ransom over the repairs. If they have done the original test properly there will be no nasties to fail within a few days despite what anyone may say about only being fit for use at the time it was tested.;)

So it would be impossible for a tyre to get cut and bulged for example? or maybe a windscreen gains a massive chip?

Things do happen and if spotted in the process of a retest should fail.

[espresso]

So it would be impossible for a tyre to get cut and bulged for example? or maybe a windscreen gains a massive chip?



These things could happen minutes after leaving an MOT testing station with a full MOT certificate!

:rolleyes:

[murphwiz]

These things could happen minutes after leaving an MOT testing station with a full MOT certificate!

:rolleyes:
My point precisely! Don't assume an automatic pass when you go for your retest, if tester spots it it can be failed!

[espresso]

My point precisely! Don't assume an automatic pass when you go for your retest, if tester spots it it can be failed!

No, I think that you have missed my point. They would not invalidate the full certificate would they? An MOT is a snapshot in time safety check, nothing more.

[murphwiz]

My initial reply was in context with the poster saying that they should mot it properly in the first place, if they fail it on a retest on something else, then they haven't, I was merely pointing out, as you were, that anything can happen between the first test and the retest, which could be 10 WORKING days later for a partial inspection, and no mileage limit! How many miles could be travelled in those 10 working days?
Done way to many MOT's and seen way to many people get upset with a fail, despite the fact in some cases you are actually potentially saving thiers and others lives :mad: