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Failed MOT, am I being overcharged on these items?
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charliemaine1bee wrote: »If my memory serves me right your old MOT is Null and void now you have put it in for new one and its failed..so you will be driving about illegally if you are still using the car now its had an MOT fail..
Ignore this. Just scaremongering!!
An MOT is valid until it expires!0 -
A VOSA spokesperson confirms: “Should you present your vehicle early and the vehicle fails the test, your original certificate still remains valid until its expiry date.Ignore this. Just scaremongering!!
An MOT is valid until it expires!
"But this does not mean that you are entitled to continue to use a defective vehicle.
“However, once the defects are repaired you can continue to use the vehicle until either it is retested or the original test certificate expires.
"Remember a current test certificate does not allow continued use of a defective vehicle on a public road.”0 -
charliemaine1bee wrote: »If my memory serves me right your old MOT is Null and void now you have put it in for new one and its failed..so you will be driving about illegally if you are still using the car now its had an MOT fail..charliemaine1bee wrote: »A VOSA spokesperson confirms: “Should you present your vehicle early and the vehicle fails the test, your original certificate still remains valid until its expiry date.
"But this does not mean that you are entitled to continue to use a defective vehicle.
“However, once the defects are repaired you can continue to use the vehicle until either it is retested or the original test certificate expires.
"Remember a current test certificate does not allow continued use of a defective vehicle on a public road.”
So which is it then?
The car still has a valid mot.0 -
Insurance implicationscharliemaine1bee wrote: »A VOSA spokesperson confirms: “Should you present your vehicle early and the vehicle fails the test, your original certificate still remains valid until its expiry date.
"But this does not mean that you are entitled to continue to use a defective vehicle.
“However, once the defects are repaired you can continue to use the vehicle until either it is retested or the original test certificate expires.
"Remember a current test certificate does not allow continued use of a defective vehicle on a public road.”
Although the chances of being pulled over by the police (and them inspecting anything other than the condition of tyres and working order of lights) are slim, your insurer might come down harder should you have an accident.
You’d have a hard time convincing an insurer to validate any claims if you had an accident while using a vehicle that has failed a new MOT, even if the old certificate is still valid.0 -
Not trying to be clever..just trying to help the OP who may not be fully covered driving the car at the moment..hope they get it sorted without being too much out of pocket.0
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ive got to go to work tomorrow though, there is no public transport i can use0
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[QUOTE=charliemaine1bee;
Although the chances of being pulled over by the police (and them inspecting anything other than the condition of tyres and working order of lights) are slim, your insurer might come down harder should you have an accident.
You’d have a hard time convincing an insurer to validate any claims if you had an accident while using a vehicle that has failed a new MOT, even if the old certificate is still valid.[/QUOTE]charliemaine1bee wrote: »Not trying to be clever..just trying to help the OP who may not be fully covered driving the car at the moment..hope they get it sorted without being too much out of pocket.
Please don't keep guessing just to run up your post count, you're not helping the op.0 -
charliemaine1bee wrote: »Insurance implications
Although the chances of being pulled over by the police (and them inspecting anything other than the condition of tyres and working order of lights) are slim, your insurer might come down harder should you have an accident.
You’d have a hard time convincing an insurer to validate any claims if you had an accident while using a vehicle that has failed a new MOT, even if the old certificate is still valid.
Nonsense.
A valid MOT is not necessary to validate your insurance.
Were the OP's car unroadworthy following the test fail, ythen the garage would have informed him not to drive it away.
The OP should ignore your posts.
They are just scaremongering, (though for what reason???)0 -
charliemaine1bee wrote: »Not trying to be clever..just trying to help the OP who may not be fully covered driving the car at the moment..hope they get it sorted without being too much out of pocket.
The OP should ignore this one too.
Their insurance is unaffected by this MOT failure, and need not be concerned they could be "not fully covered" (whatever that is supposed to mean!)0
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