Does getting car service done means it will pass M.O.T guarantee ?

Pkman

Say I got it serviced in the morning, done all the fault it brought up, drove it across the road to a different garage for a Mot?
Will it pass for sure?
If not, why not?
What isn't being done in the service that could potentially fail M.O.T?

AdrianC

There's a lot of things that a service might not cover that an MOT will test.
It all depends on what "a service" means to you, too.

Why not just take it to the same place for both the test and service - and if your preferred garage isn't a tester, ask them to take it in...?

facade

Pkman said:

Say I got it serviced in the morning, done all the fault it brought up, drove it across the road to a different garage for a Mot?
Will it pass for sure?
If not, why not?
What isn't being done in the service that could potentially fail M.O.T?

No.

Depends on what level of service you have.

a "change the oil & filter service" could fail on anything

a "full service with MOT pre-test" and it should pass as they basically do an MOT.

a "full service" and it could still fail on emissions, a cracked windscreen, corrosion issues, brake imbalance, seatbelts, numberplates to name a few off the top of my head.

Pkman

MAJOR service

Pkman

facade said:

Pkman said:

Say I got it serviced in the morning, done all the fault it brought up, drove it across the road to a different garage for a Mot?
Will it pass for sure?
If not, why not?
What isn't being done in the service that could potentially fail M.O.T?

No.

Depends on what level of service you have.

a "change the oil & filter service" could fail on anything

a "full service with MOT pre-test" and it should pass as they basically do an MOT.

a "full service" and it could still fail on emissions, a cracked windscreen, corrosion issues, brake imbalance, seatbelts, numberplates to name a few off the top of my head.

So let me ask in a opposite way. 
If I completed a major service and some 'items' make it fail the MOT(even advices), does that mean the garage who done the MAJOR service had not done the job properly, ie mention it to the customer about these potential faults(?) 

Pkman

AdrianC said:

There's a lot of things that a service might not cover that an MOT will test.
It all depends on what "a service" means to you, too.

Why not just take it to the same place for both the test and service - and if your preferred garage isn't a tester, ask them to take it in...?

Like what? 

macman

Servicing isn't fault finding, it's carrying out a prescribed list of checks, and changing some items (eg oil, filters). An MOT is specifically checking for safety-related faults.
What is the point of your question?

scrappy_returns

What is involved in a service? 
What is involved in a mot?
Find the answers to these and you'll find your answer.

Ectophile

macman said:

Servicing isn't fault finding, it's carrying out a prescribed list of checks, and changing some items (eg oil, filters). An MOT is specifically checking for safety-related faults.
What is the point of your question?

I think the point is that Pkman took the car for a service, then took it for an MOT, and was rather miffed when it failed the MOT.  They now think it's the servicing garage's fault.

greyteam1959

Drip, drip, drip......

Pkman

Ectophile said:

macman said:

Servicing isn't fault finding, it's carrying out a prescribed list of checks, and changing some items (eg oil, filters). An MOT is specifically checking for safety-related faults.
What is the point of your question?

I think the point is that Pkman took the car for a service, then took it for an MOT, and was rather miffed when it failed the MOT.  They now think it's the servicing garage's fault.

Haha, but fortunately it's not, it is a make up story, I just asking for my own knowledge.