MOT faliure certificate
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Guy I work with has just had an mot fail and he has to take the car back within 24hrs!! didn't this used to be 14 days? and didn't it state it on the back of the VT30??

Depends on the MOT station nowadays I think??

The one I use give you a week for a free restest?

But some places won't even give you a free retest any more, even if its only something daft like a blown bulb!

Worth finding a good test station and sticking to it!

Its up to the garage.....I usually get a month as long as I havn't been many miles

And a free retest or two

Edited by Dangerous on 12th Sep, 2005.

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huh, bastards.

most failures are not worthy of bring the car back for a free re-test... its the garage that extends you that as a bonus!

alex

AlexF

I'm still sure It used to be mandatory tho, I have a look see if i've got any old vT30's.

I seem to remember that if the car was tested 7 (or 14 maybe) days after the original test then only the faults need to be tested. If it is longer than a week between test and retest then a full test must be carried out. The garage has always been free to charge what they like for the both the test and retest, I think.

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ahh, that' probaply what i'm thinking of.

as the system goes over to being computerised, it is becoming absolutely impossible for garages to give free restests if the vehicle leaves the premesis without risking its mot license. The only exception to this are a few odds and sods listed on the back of the new tickets they issue for failures. a real pain. the guy i use now has to charge us for any retests as he HAS to spend a full 47 mins checking the car over, whereas before he could get away with just cjecking the failure points.

afaik from talking to him for a long time, the only way to get around it once all the stations are computerised is to get the garage to do a old fashioned speedy mot unofficially prior to the official one. the garage i use reckon if i check obvious simple but time consuming stuff like bulbs and tyres etc, he can whizz round the car in about 10 mins tops and write me out a to do list, which i then do and bring back to him to do an official test. quite hady when you consider that all the cars i currently run are worth less than two test fees! (most expensive is my metro at ?60!!!)

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