MOT test on Ford Fiesta Finesse 2004

rayudu

I took my car for MOT test today, i have asked him to do pre-test before the actual test. He come up with below problems

- Rear exhaust needs to be replaced (Last year Advisory is "Exhaust back box has slight leak of gases & Rear exhaust clamp broken")

- Front and Rear brake pipes needs to replaced

- Few lights need to change ( Last year Adviosry is "Offside&Nearside Front Direction indicator slightly discoloured")

- MOT test £50

He gave me a quote of £240 ( including VAT), he did not mentioned the seperate quotes for the above jobs, is it reasonable?

Few days back when i took the car for free echaust inspection to kwik-fit, they gave me a quote of £225 ( including VAT and Labour costs) for below problems

- middle pipe need to be replaced ( £110)

- Rear exhaust needs to replaced ( £115)

jimjames

Sounds a lot for a Fiesta exhaust. I was quoted £150 inc VAT for Puma one which is effectively same as Fiesta.

dannyrst

jimjames wrote: »

Sounds a lot for a Fiesta exhaust. I was quoted £150 inc VAT for Puma one which is effectively same as Fiesta.

So £150 (exhaust cost) + £50 (MOT Cost) is £200

OP has been quoted £240 for the entire thing. Which includes the labor to fit and replace the other parts..

Sounds spot on to me.

rayudu

Last week my car passsed the MOT after replacing the exhuast and brake pipes, but when i checked the MOT history from the below website

motinfo.direct.gov.uk/internet/jsp/ECHID-Internet-History-Request

it is still showing old expiry date ( 01/08/2015).

I can see new MOT expiry ( 01/08/2016) below website

vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk

Anybody knows what's the difference between the above websites? When i check with MOT test centre, he said they are making changes to MOT procedure and it will take some time to reflect in the records. Is that true?

bigjl

Keep the receipt you were given by the MOT station when it passed in the vehicle as that has all the relevant info should the database not be updated quickly enough.

bazster

And in future get your MOT done by some place that doesn't do repairs. MSE has an article on it:

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/cheap-mot

In Hertfordshire we have Roytons. My two ancient relics have very rarely failed since I started using them, whereas previously garages with an interest in your car failing invariably found a string of failure points. They also do free re-tests (within a week, IIRC), so if you can get repairs done quickly that's just as good as having a pre-test.