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Stuck passenger door - MOT fail?

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  • HiTo
    HiTo Posts: 106 Forumite
    colino wrote: »
    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).

    He needs a refresher :)
  • paddedjohn
    paddedjohn Posts: 7,512 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    I was an mot tester for a few years and if any tester failed my car because he couldnt open the back doors i would not hesitate to report him/her. As pointed out above how would they check the belts on a 2 door car.
    Be Alert..........Britain needs lerts.
  • Dippypud
    Dippypud Posts: 1,927 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_620.htm

    This might help explain...
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  • Outpost
    Outpost Posts: 1,720 Forumite
    paddedjohn wrote: »
    As pointed out above how would they check the belts on a 2 door car.
    Well presumably he'd lower and slide the front seats in the manner which they're designed to do on three-door cars. Five-door cars aren't designed to do this. Anyway can't really see how this is relevant to the discussion to be honest, either it's a fail or it isn't.

    Besides isn't there a working door on the other side of the back seat that he can open to test the seat belts? :)
    :cool:
  • balletshoes
    balletshoes Posts: 16,610 Forumite
    Outpost wrote: »
    Well presumably he'd lower and slide the front seats in the manner which they're designed to do on three-door cars. Five-door cars aren't designed to do this. Anyway can't really see how this is relevant to the discussion to be honest, either it's a fail or it isn't.

    Besides isn't there a working door on the other side of the back seat that he can open to test the seat belts? :)


    yes, there is.
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