MOT question - working windows

jema_2

Hi, does any one know if having the electric windows in the car actually working is part of the MOT -
as in one of mine has broken & its due in next week for MOT... i can live with it, rather than pay up for expensive part..
thanks J

oldagetraveller

I can't see anything in the manual about windows http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual/contents.htm
I would suspect it's a convenience item rather than a safety issue? Could you 'phone a test station and ask them?
I can't remember ever having the windows operation checked at any MOT. The tester might only open the driver's window to operate the brake and/or emissions testing gear or for an assistant to hear instructions e.g. handbrake on, footbrake on etc. That can be achieved with the door open.

Hintza

I don't know the answer but common sense would suggest the one that you really would want working is the drivers door one. The rest are certainly excess to requirments.

My only question would be is there any need in this day and age to be able to make hand signals?

I do know that both my rear windows in the old Merc packed in years ago and it was never an MOT issue.

big_gay_kirk

Side Windows are not a testable item... you don't even have to have them on the car.... the only glass that is legally required to be tested is the front screen.... my ford cortina passed two MOTs with inoperable front windows....

in2deep_2

big_gay_kirk wrote: »

the only glass that is legally required to be tested is the front screen.

BUT only if its fitted, there is no law that says you need one.

And no a stuck side window wont cause a fail on the test.

BillScarab

I may be wrong but I've got a feeling that if you have a fold down windscreen (like on my old Land Rover) it doesn't need to be tested either.

cyclonebri1

If it is the drivers widow it will be a bit of a !!!!!! to test the brakes as they usually put the arm out the window to operate the rollers remote control. Can't see they could fail it tho,;)

big_gay_kirk

in2deep wrote: »

BUT only if its fitted, there is no law that says you need one.

And no a stuck side window wont cause a fail on the test.

true enough... my mate lotus seven has no screen.. that gets an mot every year....

big_gay_kirk

BillScarab wrote: »

I may be wrong but I've got a feeling that if you have a fold down windscreen (like on my old Land Rover) it doesn't need to be tested either.

can't really comment on landies, cos mine had a fixed screen.. but my dad had a morris with a lift up screen, and that did have to be tested....

hewhoisnotintheknow

my work mates rear doors on his newish skoda decided to both lock closed. This passed an mot, so im sure windows opening is not part of the mot

BillScarab

big_gay_kirk wrote: »

can't really comment on landies, cos mine had a fixed screen.. but my dad had a morris with a lift up screen, and that did have to be tested....

Just checked and your right, I was getting confused , it's wipers and washers that aren't included in the test if you have an opening screen.

To the OP you could so some searching on this site to try and find the answer.

I can't see anything about side windows BTW.