Used Car - fraudulent MOT?

earthstorm

Possum23 wrote: »

Yea, but if its red, then surely that indicates that it has been there for sometime.

No it just means its an immediate issue that needs immediate attention. You may have it a pothole or a large stone damaged the cylinder

Possum23

So what you're saying is that it could go in and be completely unroad worthy, someone could just look and pass it and that their word is final? Then what is the point of an MOT?

shaun_from_Africa

Possum23 wrote: »

Then what is the point of an MOT?

The point of an MOT is to confirm that the vehicle concerned meets a minimum set of standards on the day that the test was carried out.

spacey2012

We see this a lot.
VOSA are NOT a consumer help service.
If you challenge your MOT they will allow you to take the car for a inspection.
If they find the MOT was not correctly issued they cancel it.
You then need a recovery truck to remove your car until it is re-tested at a MOT station.
They do not re-test your car.
They wish you good day and good luck.
They will not inform you of what action they take against the MOT station and the only paper work you leave with is a immediate vehicle prohibition notice.

earthstorm

Possum23 wrote: »

So what you're saying is that it could go in and be completely unroad worthy, someone could just look and pass it and that their word is final? Then what is the point of an MOT?

No we are saying it goes in passes MOT, then you take it out of the Garage and you may hit a Pothole etc and damage is caused.

The MOT just proves at the time of the test the car is road worthy

earthstorm

spacey2012 wrote: »

If they find the MOT was not correctly issued they cancel it.

Even for VOSA this is a hard thing to prove as from the time the original MOT was carried out to the time VOSA retest, issues could occur on the car that makes it fail

shaun_from_Africa

If you lodge an official complaint to VOSA regarding an MOT that you think was issued when it should not have been, this complaint must be made within 28 days of the test date except for corrosion related problems, in which case you have 3 months.

As your test was about 3 months ago, you have no hope of proving that the car should have failed due to leaking brake cylinders.

Possum23

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

The point of an MOT is to confirm that the vehicle concerned meets a minimum set of standards on the day that the test was carried out.

My question was rhetorical.

Possum23

earthstorm wrote: »

No it just means its an immediate issue that needs immediate attention. You may have it a pothole or a large stone damaged the cylinder

Clipping a stone and it hitting two rear brake cyclinders

simultaneously is a little far stretched, wouldn't you agree.

shaun_from_Africa

Possum23 wrote: »

Clipping a stone and it hitting two rear brake cyclinders simultaneously is a little far stretched, wouldn't you agree.

I totally agree, but one could have been damaged last week and the other one a couple of months ago.

It does sound very much like you were ripped off by the garage that sold the car, but thinking this and being able to prove it are two entirely different things.