BEWARE of MOT Extension

The_Rainmaker

I MOT'd mine on Wednesday the  1st and have retained my date which was the 18th April.

lindabea

Scrapit said:

lindabea said:

EdGasketTheSecond said:

Mine was due to expire 5th April; I had it MoT'd about 2 weeks ago and it passed, Site still shows it expiring 5th April 2021 so I think OP's garage must have entered something wrong.

Thank you for your input, but not sure if your circumstances are same as mine.  As I understand it, only vehicles with MOT after 30th March will receive the extension; however, you have renewed your MOT before the extension became applicable, so as you already had a valid MOT by then, you would not receive the extension.  

When you say,'site still shows expiring 5th April 2021' if you mean this year's than that's correct - you received the unexpired days, but if you last year's mot, this should say 2020 not 2021

If you have the mot you dont need the extension. Not sure of your point.

My Point is exactly the point you're making.  I was addressing the point that  Edgasketthesecond, made; that as he had the MOT 2 weeks ago, he would not qualify for the extension.  

lindabea

The_Rainmaker said:

I MOT'd mine on Wednesday the  1st and have retained my date which was the 18th April.

Now that's very interesting; it's almost exactly the same date scenario as mine, yet different outcome!! The only thing that may have happened in my circumstances, is that as the expiry date was within 2 days, my MOT was automatically extended to Oct.  Then of course, I no longer qualified for the carrying forward period as it was greater that 28 days 

The_Rainmaker

The only thing I can think is they are only updating the system on a rolling 24 hours(ish) before the old MOT was due?  

AdrianC

lindabea said:

My MOT would have run out today, so I had my car MOT'd yesterday- luckily, it passed.  But here's the problem.  Last year's MOT would have expired on 3rd April, but the new one expires on 1st Apr 2021.  So I lost 2 days because the new MOT does not include the unexpired days.  And the reason for this is due to the 6 months extension.  I went on the GOV mot history on Monday, and it sated that my MOT expires on 3rd Apr. However, now it states that last year's MOT expires on 3rd Oct 2020.  So they automatically extended my MOT, and due to this extension, and since I was having my MOT more than 28 days before expiry, I lost the 2 days I would have otherwise got. 

So I lost the 2 days I should have got, and presumably, also the 6 months as it is very apparent now that when you get the 6 months extension, the new MOT will start from the new date - not from the original expiry date. This was never made clear as to how the extension will operate. - if it was, I have not been made aware of it.  
So be warned everyone!!

'course, you could have delayed the test until some time after 4th September, and had the expiry remaining 3rd October...

sheramber

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-mots-for-cars-vans-and-motorcycles-due-from-30-march-2020

Check your MOT expiry date has been extended

Your MOT expiry date will usually be updated on the day your MOT is due to expire. However, it might be done up to a few days before.

You can check your MOT history to see when your MOT expiry date has been extended. Keep checking back if your new expiry date is not showing yet.

lindabea

The_Rainmaker said:

The only thing I can think is they are only updating the system on a rolling 24 hours(ish) before the old MOT was due?  

That would seem a plausible explanation as they have not yet extended all vehicles whose MOT runs out after 30th March.  I think you're right - the extension is applied possibly within 48 hours before the expiry date.  I have sent an email to DVSA for an explanation.  I don't think I'll be hearing from them soon, but I'll let you know when I receive a reply 

northwalesd

From the webpage about MOT extensions on gov.uk

"Your MOT expiry date will usually be updated on the day your MOT is due to expire. However, it might be done up to a few days before."

So, I would expect that if you have your MOT (assuming you can find somewhere to book it in) say 20 days before the old one expires then you won't lose any days - the MOT will expire next year on the same date as this year. Of course I expect a lot of car owners will take advantage of the 6 month exrtension.

marlot

northwalesd said:

From the webpage about MOT extensions on gov.uk

"Your MOT expiry date will usually be updated on the day your MOT is due to expire. However, it might be done up to a few days before."...

That's actually quite a sensible way to do it and means that people who take their car in (say) 3 weeks before the current [old] expiry date get the benefit of the year + 3 weeks.
There will be a few people (like the OP) who do the test very close to the [old] expiry date, and will lose a day or two.  But on the whole a reasonably fair system without lots of mainframe coding required.

Scrapit

lindabea said:

Scrapit said:

lindabea said:

EdGasketTheSecond said:

Mine was due to expire 5th April; I had it MoT'd about 2 weeks ago and it passed, Site still shows it expiring 5th April 2021 so I think OP's garage must have entered something wrong.

Thank you for your input, but not sure if your circumstances are same as mine.  As I understand it, only vehicles with MOT after 30th March will receive the extension; however, you have renewed your MOT before the extension became applicable, so as you already had a valid MOT by then, you would not receive the extension.  

When you say,'site still shows expiring 5th April 2021' if you mean this year's than that's correct - you received the unexpired days, but if you last year's mot, this should say 2020 not 2021

If you have the mot you dont need the extension. Not sure of your point.

My Point is exactly the point you're making.  I was addressing the point that  Edgasketthesecond, made; that as he had the MOT 2 weeks ago, he would not qualify for the extension.  

What?