Failed MOT

Biggus_Dickus

Car_54 said:

NottinghamKnight said:

Ganga said:

AdrianC said:

I would be astonished if there's a single garage in the country that can't take plastic.

They do but when it failed and i spoke to the man who did it he asked if i wanted to supply the parts and just pay cash for the fitting which i have done and took the term " cash " to mean pay cash and no invoice ,i know cash under the counter could be looked upon as diss honest but thats their worry not mine.  

Why not ask the garage if they'll take card or cash. If you are aware of the tax implications of paying cash then yes, it could well be your problem.

Indeed. On one level, aiding and abetting fraud. On another, all the tax evaded has to be paid by the rest of us.

Garage not far from my son’s house still works strictly cash only,...always has done.

He’s been there for decades (as was his dad before him)  and never seems to be short of work. I guess he lives in a time warp;...MOT certified as well!...he charges £45 ,...cash of course.

williamgriffin

sweetsand said:

Dear OP
The rules are the rules and I've read about it and one of my nephews has told me that it is like being held to ransome when it fails on a red alert and by law you are not supposed to drive the car and my OH has read many complaints about this on a car forum.
If I was you and others have said this, use another method of transport and get the car fixed
The link below explains 'Major' and Dangerous' faults and how these apply if you took car in before previous mot expired
NB: This link below is FYI only and you must do your own research before you take a risk ideally the governemnt mot webiste I will post a link to that soon
https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/blog/new-mot-vehicle-test-may-2018#:~:text=If your vehicle fails its MOT before your old MOT certificate expires:&text=You can't drive it,need to be repaired first.&text=You can drive your vehicle,in for an MOT early.
UPDATED - from Gov site states the same as above but read and decide!!
https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot/after-the-test

HTH
x

You're not meant to drive it until any defect is rectified.

AdrianC

williamgriffin said:

sweetsand said:

Dear OP
The rules are the rules and I've read about it and one of my nephews has told me that it is like being held to ransome when it fails on a red alert and by law you are not supposed to drive the car and my OH has read many complaints about this on a car forum.
If I was you and others have said this, use another method of transport and get the car fixed
The link below explains 'Major' and Dangerous' faults and how these apply if you took car in before previous mot expired
NB: This link below is FYI only and you must do your own research before you take a risk ideally the governemnt mot webiste I will post a link to that soon
https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/blog/new-mot-vehicle-test-may-2018#:~:text=If your vehicle fails its MOT before your old MOT certificate expires:&text=You can't drive it,need to be repaired first.&text=You can drive your vehicle,in for an MOT early.
UPDATED - from Gov site states the same as above but read and decide!!
https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot/after-the-test

HTH
x

You're not meant to drive it until any defect is rectified.

It's no more or less legal than it was before the test.

The old test is still valid.
The car is no more or less roadworthy than it was.

Dr_Crypto

Faulty sure the bodyshop I occasionally use doesn’t take plastic. I’ve always paid cash. I guess they’d take a cheque but that would mean finding my cheques. 

burtons

Ganga said:

I put my car in for MOT one month early as we are going on holiday ( we are not now ) and it failed on a rear brake pipe ,MOT sheet states Repair Immediately ( Major defect )
The question i have is can i legally drive to the cashpoint to get funds to pay the garage this wednesday where it is booked in for the repairs and MOT retest .I do not intend to use the car for anything else till it has passed the MOT.

I took my car for a mot and it failed on it's horn and on the refusal certificate it said do not drive the car but when I checked dvla website it was showing the car still had a mot so it had me wondering if I could drive the car.

AdrianC

burtons said:

I took my car for a mot and it failed on it's horn

Does nobody do even the most basic checks before taking a car for a test...?

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burtons said:

I took my car for a mot and it failed on it's horn and on the refusal certificate it said do not drive the car but when I checked dvla website it was showing the car still had a mot so it had me wondering if I could drive the car.

Inoperative horn is a major defect, and it shouldn't really be driven until the defect is rectified. You can be prosecuted for driving an unroadworthy vehicle if you get stopped, even though you still have a valid MOT.

You can drive it.

Major faults pose a potential risk to safety or the environment- if you can't sound your horn approaching a hazard, you might slam headlong into another vehicle also not sounding its horn coming the other way.

The next level of fault is dangerous- these are things that will very likely cause an accident on the way back from the test centre, and the vehicle definitely should not be driven- but they can't actually stop you.

mobileron

Surely you must pass a Tesco,Morrisons,Asda or post office, they all have cash points.

AdrianC

"Major" is what used to be simply a fail.
"Minor" is a formalised advisory... a pass.

Ganga

mobileron said:

Surely you must pass a Tesco,Morrisons,Asda or post office, they all have cash points.

No i will not but will pass our local Makro cash and carry and they have one.