new 2'nd hand car falsified mot car not road worthy!!??

chrisinsheff8

colino wrote: »

The car, if it fails its shiny, new, VOSA conducted MOT still has its original MOT, the one first issued still is valid. However with typical VOSA double speak, the MOT wouldn't do you any good if there was a later incident. Check out Q1.

cant argue with that.

dacouch

dannny wrote: »

mobile number links to http://brightsiderecovery.co.uk/ and http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bmw-m3-e46-convertable-/181207921189?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2a30d57225

http://www.nominet.org.uk/whois/lookup?query=brightsiderecovery.co.uk

chrisinsheff8

dacouch wrote: »

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he came out of No 2 on that street and car was kept on No 6 which said he had just bought... He's obviously doing alright for himself!

Joe_Horner

spacey2012 wrote: »

Just about spot on, VOSA are not a consumer dispute solution service.
They either say the car is fit to pass an MOT or it is not and you get a VOR prohibition notice and you need a trailer and a garage to get ot back to the situation it was before you went in.

Vosa will also be on the car like a rash with a list as long as your arm.
Buying any car you have not seen, is absolute stupidity.

Why do you keep going on with this bull about prohibition notices? They have very strict guidelines on when these can be issued and it's only in cases of immediate danger if the vehicle continues to be driven.

For your education and enlightenment, the criteria are publicly available here:

http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/repository/Categorisation%20of%20Defects.pdf

Look from page 145 onwards (the pages before that are for HGV which have stricter rules).

Of the possible MOT points raised by the OP:

Steering angle sensor is NOT possible as a prohibition unless the power steering fails to work at all as a result.

ESP is NOT possible as a prohibition

ABS light is a delayed prohibition - they issue the notice but post-date it so you CAN drive away to get it fixed. No "trailer to the garage" required.

Exhaust is NOT possible as a prohibition unless it's seriously deteriorated, in which case it's a delayed prohibition (see BS light for explanation)

Exhaust is only possible as an immediate prohibition if fumes are entering the cabin.

They cannot prohibit a car just for a collection of faults no matter how big that collection is and every fault listed on the prohibition notice must warrant prohibiton in its own right.

In order to lift the prohibition, you only need to get the faults listed on the notice repaired and re-checked. Other faults will not prevent you from putting it back on the road.

These are the facts of VOSA prohibitions, please stop spreading the scaremongering gossip that you have been in order to discourage people from taking dodgy testers to task!



eta: for clarity, in the linked VOSA pdf, the action codes are:

I - immediate prohibition
D - delayed prohibition
IN - advisory item only