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Stuck passenger door - MOT fail?
balletshoes
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in Motoring
I'm not sure about this, so thought I would ask you experts 
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My car is a 5-door hatch. One of the rear passenger doors can't be opened from the outside, but can from the inside. The other rear passenger door is fine. Would this be an MOT fail?
.My car is a 5-door hatch. One of the rear passenger doors can't be opened from the outside, but can from the inside. The other rear passenger door is fine. Would this be an MOT fail?
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No it will not be an MOT fail.0
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Not a failure, the front doors must open, rear no problem.I am not a cat (But my friend is)0
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Maybe my MOT guy is too strict, He would fail as he cannot check the security of the rear seatbelts and mountings.Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0
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Not a fail
http://www.transportoffice.gov.uk/crt/doitonline/bl/mottestingmanualsandguides/mottestingmanualsandguides.htm
That link was a fail, it's in section 6 of the inspection manual for class 3,4,5 and 70 -
forgotmyname wrote: »Maybe my MOT guy is too strict, He would fail as he cannot check the security of the rear seatbelts and mountings.
that was my initial concern - but then I thought, he can check the rear seatbelts/mountings etc by getting in the back of the car by the other rear passenger door. And if it was a 3-door car, he'd have to check the rear seatbelts/mountings by going in one of the front doors wouldn't he?0 -
It's not technically an MOT fail (though how safe do your passengers feel) but the tester can fail it for being unable to check testable items.0
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Take the trim off, find out which bit of the linkage or clip fell off / broke...:DC.R.A.P.R.O.L.L.Z # 40 spanner supervisor.No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thought.Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten."l! ilyë yantë ranya nar vanwë"0
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balletshoes wrote: »that was my initial concern - but then I thought, he can check the rear seatbelts/mountings etc by getting in the back of the car by the other rear passenger door. And if it was a 3-door car, he'd have to check the rear seatbelts/mountings by going in one of the front doors wouldn't he?
Take it in with the back window wound down, and he can put his arm in and open it from the inside.0 -
it's not technically an mot fail (though how safe do your passengers feel) but the tester can fail it for being unable to check testable items.
but the fact of the matter is, he can check the testable items by opening the door from the inside, it is only a fail if the front doors cant be opened and closed securely.Be Alert..........Britain needs lerts.0 -
Well done paddedjohn for finding a tester who will do anything extra. Mine would simply fail it (contrary to popular belief MOT testers are much more thorough with regular traders cars).0
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