MOT can you drive after a failure?

waynedance

A car is presented for an MOT 20 days early for it test.
If it fails does it mean,

A, MOT'ed still for 20 days
B, It has no MOT now as it failed and is logged with VOSA
C, You can drive it and have 10 working days to fix it and then it has no MOT.

I am being told so many things really need to know which is correct.

Thank you.

Anihilator

Its still technically MOT'd however and it is probably arguable it is not roadworthy hence your insurance is probably void and you are commiting a criminal act.

rictus123

Still got mot though.

waynedance

So where do you stand legally say for split CV boots? I know it would be stupid if there were no brakes!!

Just want to know for sure if the car is still useable, so would the old MOT date still be in force or the 10 working days to get fixed date?

cheers.

Anihilator

rictus123 wrote: »

Still got mot though.

Insurance states a car must be roadworthy. I would suggest failing its MOT means it isnt hence the OP is no longer insured.

anewman

I am sure an MOT fail form has a section where they say it is unsafe to drive. The thing with a split CV boot is eventually grit will get in, the grease will come out, and then it will become unroadworthy which is why it is an MOT fail.

It is perfectly legal for you to drive away, so long as the MOT is still in date. I would either be driving straight home and fixing it myself or then going to a garage to get it sorted. I wouldn't carry on driving it.

You have 10 days in which to take it back for the cheap/free retest on which they will check only the failed components and see if any advisories have gotten worse enough to make it a fail. After 10 days they will have to do a full MOT again at full price. It's therefore in your best interest to get it fixed and back within 10 days.

Dr.Shoe_2

A car can fail an MOT on emmissions, rear seatbelt not properly secured, passenger door won't open from the outside and a whole host of other things that would not directly cause or contribute to an accident and so therefore would not render the car "unroadworthy".

As you would still have valid MOT then your car would still be covered by insurance but if you drove a car knowing it to be dangerous then you could be in trouble as your insyrance most certainly would not be valid. The only exception is driving it to or from the test centre.

Chippy_Minton_2

Anihilator wrote: »

Its still technically MOT'd however and it is probably arguable it is not roadworthy hence your insurance is probably void and you are commiting a criminal act.

What criminal act would that be then?

Wig

Dr.Shoe wrote: »

A car can fail an MOT on emmissions, rear seatbelt not properly secured, passenger door won't open from the outside and a whole host of other things that would not directly cause or contribute to an accident and so therefore would not render the car "unroadworthy".

As you would still have valid MOT then your car would still be covered by insurance but if you drove a car knowing it to be dangerous then you could be in trouble as your insyrance most certainly would not be valid. The only exception is driving it to or from the test centre.

There's no exception for driving a vehicle which is unroadworthy or which contravenes construction and use regs, none whatsoever.

Chippy_Minton_2

Wig wrote: »

There's no exception for driving a vehicle which is unroadworthy or which contravenes construction and use regs, none whatsoever.

Yet you're legally allowed to drive a failure home from the test centre.

hethmar

And back for a retest ............