Quick question regading MOT's

paddedjohn

OP, when you had the brake pipes done, did the fitter/mechanic remove the rear drums to check the condition of the brakes by any chance? if so he may have cleaned and adjusted the brakes in such a way as to affect the handbrake, take it back to whoever did the work and ask them to check it over.

RICK..._2

I have absolutely no idea if the brakes themselves were touched. I drove it to and from the garage I didn't notice any difference at all.

She took the car back to the place that did the brake pipes and they've taken the brakes apart and adjusted them etc free of charge. She has a re-test again at 4:30pm today.

They didn't give her another failure sheet, he took it into the station and drove it back out and told her to get it fixed.

I think as said already it's because she didn't get the work done through them. She saved herself £30 but has wasted her day off getting it sorted again.

Thank you all for the replies, oh and the punctuation lesson????

mikey72

Premier wrote: »

OK, I'll contradict you

Notwithstanding the details of the original failure (and hence whether or not only that item needs to be re-examined)

http://www.motester.co.uk/CarOwnersGuidetoTheMOT/FreeRetestItems.aspx

Just read the testers manual, it doesn't phrase it as above, but does say it can fail the re test on other items.

"If, during the re-examination of a vehicle in any circumstances, it becomes clear that the vehicle does not meet the necessary standard, whether because the original defect has been inadequately repaired or because another defect is present, the vehicle must be failed and a further VT30 issued."

Notmyrealname

RICK... wrote: »

I've not had to MOT a car for quite some years now, so a bit of a grey area for me. But I always assumed that the re-test only checked the parts it failed on had been fixed?

It depends on the fault. Some are the fault, some are a full retest. Replacing the brake pipe would mean a full test of the entire braking system.

Is the MOT tester right to refuse to pass it again? Handbrake is same as it was the last time he checked it and he didn't note anything then....

If it doesn't meet the efficiency requirement, yes. It has to be a percentage of the foot brake effort. "Not how I like it" is not a reason. Ask him what the percentage of foot brake effort was.

jimmym105

BillTrac wrote: »

He's probably p****d off that she had the repairs done elsewhere...

but he can easily refuse her an MOT. Most MOTs (look no apostrophe!) are based on the tester's opinion

Did you really need to point out that the apostrophe wasn't necessary?

jimmym105

K_P83 wrote: »

Oh
My
God.

....*walks back out of thread shaking head*

Beat me to it!

s_b

we are talking brakes here not fluffy appendixes for windscreens
if the mot tester has told you the brakes arent good enough he means it and its not because hes miffed
if he passed your car and it killed someone he would be up the beak for passing a dangerous car
he would lose his testing licence
mothers with children (think of the children) would spit on him in the street for letting dangerous cars on the road
his wife would leave him (ok that might be a bonus)
me might go to jail and not like porridge

you get the picture?

mgdavid

s_b wrote: »

we are talking brakes here not fluffy appendixes for windscreens
if the mot tester has told you the brakes arent good enough he means it and its not because hes miffed
if he passed your car and it killed someone he would be up the beak for passing a dangerous car
he would lose his testing licence
mothers with children (think of the children) would spit on him in the street for letting dangerous cars on the road
his wife would leave him (ok that might be a bonus)
me might go to jail and not like porridge

you get the picture?

just as likely to be spinning a yarn in order to separate the innocent owner from more folding stuff - this is the motor trade , after all.

red_eye

Deleted_User wrote: »

Report him to VOSA and write bad reviews about him on local review websites. Then take car for MOT elsewhere.

you cant complain to vosa and then take the car else were you have to leave it at the testing station, form what i can remember