Advice about corrosion and a dodgy MOT?

arcon5

I think the point trying to be made is the garage say it's 2-3 years worth of corrosion but no suggestion from any previous mot that is the case. So the last mot may be relatively consistent with previous years.


Thus there may be a bit of dramatics here.


Take it for an actual test at an independent mot station or a council test station.... see what they actually fail it on. Not just a pre mot report

LarpLady

Ok folks, thanks very much, I really appreciate your time.

AndyMc.....

What is it about the history you don't want to share?

LarpLady

Ok - I'm not sure how this got turned around to me apparently being dishonest. There's nothing about the history I don't want to share - I just didn't see the point.

For the absence of any doubt, however:

6 February 2018 - PASS - No advisories
6 February 2018 - FAIL - Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)

13 January 2017 - PASS - Advisory notice item(s)

• rear suspension trailing arms front bushes in poor condition
• Offside Rear Shock absorber has a light misting of oil (2.7.3)
• offside rear tyre wearing down on outer edge

11 January 2017 - FAIL - Reason(s) for failure

• Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)
• Offside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play (2.5.A.3c) Dangerous
• Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working (1.3.2b)
• Offside Front Lower Suspension arm cracked (2.4.G.1)

Advisory notice item(s)

• rear suspension trailing arms front bushes in poor condition
• Offside Rear Shock absorber has a light misting of oil (2.7.3)
• offside rear tyre wearing down on outer edge

13 January 2016 - PASS
Advisory notice item(s)

• Front Brake pad(s) wearing thin (3.5.1g)
• Nearside Rear Trailing arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
• Offside Rear Trailing arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
• Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has slight play (2.2.B.1f)

I hope that's sufficient?

EdGasketTheSecond

WHat car is it? some are more prone than others. Its possible to have a terminal rust failure in one year, yes; it can all come out quite quickly once it goes.

LarpLady

Hi Ed, thanks for responding.

It’s a Dodge Caliber. I wish I could show pictures of the corrosion but the site won’t allow me to post links. 😕

waamo

LarpLady wrote: »

Hi Ed, thanks for responding.

It’s a Dodge Caliber. I wish I could show pictures of the corrosion but the site won’t allow me to post links. 😕

If you change http to hxxp you can post it. It's easy enough for someone to fix the link then.

[Deleted User]

I know it doesn't answer your question, but the Caliber is well know for excessive rusting, with many people arguing with Dodge about it.


A quick Google before you bought it should have been enough to warn you off.

LarpLady

Oh, brilliant, thank you Waamo.

Photos here: hxxps://imgur.com/a/HSpvPpp

waamo

Here you go https://imgur.com/a/HSpvPpp