MOT Retests

[Clouds_mate]

do they just check over the parts they failed on or do they resit the whoooole test?

[James]

Whole test mate

rep please

[James]

By law they have to spend a stupid amount of time like 40 minutes blah blah, they clock on the car and clock of the car.

[JayWard]

nah it depends really tbh depends how long its been and what needed doing! they can either fast track it which is basically check the parts it failed on and it take about 20mins - half hour max! or they do a full hour retest!

[James]

Jay it dosent depend, by law they have to do it all again...

edit: although they will only probally check the parts it originally failed on... they are supposed to re-sit the full thing

[JayWard]

yeah by law they do have to stay on a certain amount of time with the new system in place but if they fast track it then its a quick retest like i say about half hour! or full hour test depends

[JayWard]

by law actually they dont have to do a full hour retest!

[Clouds_mate]

landys says just the parts. Heres what mine has failed on


Spare Wheel loose
No water in the washer jets
No near middle seat belt stalk
Front drivers side lamp
front pads

All of them are fixed. pads getting done at 5 but guna have to swap headlamps for the retest.

[Curran]

i think if its within a certain time (e.g. 24hrs) of when it failed then they only need to check the parts and not a full test.

[James]

Place who did mine said they had to.. it failed it's MOT, he checked the bits what it failed on and passed them. He made me wait for the hour so he could clock it of in the database.

[JayWard]

we always get the ppl from vosa down our work etc and the ministry checkin our MOT paperwork etc and you dont actually have to do a full hour retest! sometimes you have to on certain items and depends when you did the first initial test!

[JayWard]

if they finish the test early say on an MOT they do have to make you wait till they can clock off your right but not in all occasions you have to log on for the hour on retests thats all..but sometimes you do mate

[James]

Re-test was about 24 hours after it failed... it failed on breaks. Does that mean they had to do the full thing again? lol

[Clouds_mate]

did you fail on your headlamp too?

[JayWard]

lol yeah on brakes you normally have to log on for the hour..today i was speaking to the tester at our place! he failed one on brakes yesterday and it had the work done today but had to wait the hour again!

[James]

did you fail on your headlamp too?

Yea but that was at the very first place... It took me 3 MOT's to get it right :cry:

[Clouds_mate]

how come? the dodgy one? the second garage and the retest?

[James]

lol yeah on brakes you normally have to log on for the hour..today i was speaking to the tester at our place! he failed one on brakes yesterday and it had the work done today but had to wait the hour again!

haha ok fair enough, the guy who did mine just checked i put the new pads on and stood outside having a smoke with me.

[JayWard]

lmao :P

[James]

how come? the dodgy one? the second garage and the retest?

First place who vandalised my car somehow snapped all the hinges on my headlamp, so on the sheet they also put a fail on that.

[samcook]

my car failed as well join the club!!!!! just had too get 2 new front tyres and now its all sorted, all they did with me was told me what i failed on so i went round the corner got two new tyres fitted and went back and the bloke checked the tyres and then printed the certificate thing!!

[puzzledzippy]

on the car i had before my saxo it failed on the side light bulb so i went straight to halfords and fitted that took it straight back to the garage and the checked to see if it worked and the passed it there and then

[davew]

lmao w8ankers !!

[Luke]

Surprised that it failed mate, no offence but couple of them are through fault of your own.

Least it's only silly stuff though, how much did it setyou back then?

Luke

[Clouds_mate]

only thing that is wrnog with the car is the brakes.


All the rest i am to blame for i no.


Its cost me 35 for mot and 25 for parts. 60 nothing at all :D

[Mystic]

£20 an i coulda knocked u up an MOT certificate :/

[James]

only thing that is wrnog with the car is the brakes.


All the rest i am to blame for i no.


Its cost me 35 for mot and 25 for parts. 60 nothing at all :D

I got a free re-test.... do you have to pay again?

[Yates]

garage i went to checks over the car first and then takes it to MOT place, ud think a nice garage would fill up the water for you....lol

can you take out middle seatbelt? then theres no seatbelt to plug in or do you need it there?

pads are easy,what was up with the headlamp?

[saxodan]

If you leave it @ the test center its free i think, but if you take it away it costs the £40 again

[James]

I took mine and it was still free.. :S

[Rosco906]

This is all getting confusing,

The new mot rules is as follows.

If a car fails an MOT for your free retest it must be by the end of the next working day( 24hours)

If you leave the car at the garage to be repiared then u have nothing to worry about as it has not left the premisis.

On the retest they check what it failed on. Not a full mot.

If u have missed the 24 hour period u need to do a full mot again.

Hope this clears things up.

[saxodan]

This is all getting confusing,

The new mot rules is as follows.

If a car fails an MOT for your free retest it must be by the end of the next working day( 24hours)

If you leave the car at the garage to be repiared then u have nothing to worry about as it has not left the premisis.

On the retest they check what it failed on. Not a full mot.

If u have missed the 24 hour period u need to do a full mot again.

Hope this clears things up.


Thats what i meant :ill:

[Mitchell]

nice to know that, my mot is gonna rape my face :(

[Luke]

Are you taking it back tomorrow Leckie?

[Rosco906]

nice to know that, my mot is gonna rape my face :(

whats all wrong with it? Might take a look at it for ya.

[Mitchell]

clutch slips
gear change is tight
squeeky belt noice when engine is goin but goes away when clutch is pressed :x
another squeeky belt noice (constant)
car shakes and wheels rattle when i drive over a fag packet
exhaust is blowing pretty bad
car nudges forward when i take ma foot off accelarator

thats about it i think :x

[Luke]

Are you driving it daily mate?

[Rosco906]

can only asume the shake an rattle's and exhaust will fail it.

Constant rubbing could be timing belt? other probably fan belt.

If your needing bits give's a shout. got an account with dingbro.

Might do some fitting stuff for ya before you take it in.

[Mitchell]

that would be smashin :D

yeh i drive it to work everyday and round the block, not far though cos its embarassin when you drive down a bumpy road and all the fit girls stare at you... u just cant look cool in it ;x

[Mitchell]

can only asume the shake an rattle's and exhaust will fail it.

Constant rubbing could be timing belt? other probably fan belt.

If your needing bits give's a shout. got an account with dingbro.

Might do some fitting stuff for ya before you take it in.

wouldnt the clutch and gearbox fail it? its quite noticeable.

im taking over this thread with my shitey automobile :x but the threads died out anyway so...

[Rosco906]

clutch is a defo no no for failing. will check for u 2moro tho.

best thing to do is check all the lights, make sure theres water in the fluid, all seatbelts work, If u go under the car and grab the anti roll bar link. If it feels loose u'l need one. u cant check them when jacked up.

Exhaust you'l need to say where its blowing.

Also where is it you work? Kfc hehe

When's the mot due? Just theres a few things i can do to make sure it dosnt fail and advise the rest to you.

[Mitchell]

work in cupar, i drive it down dangerfield road every mornin and back haha probs why its fucked (if u know the road im on about)

i got an anti roll bar thing fitted last week by fife auto :x but still rattles like crazy. dunno about the exhaust, hopes its just the backbox cos ive got a replacement. mot is due start of november.

[Rosco906]

ok. Well give me a shout when u want me to have a look at it.

U'l need to bring it to me in Scumisland tho. Dont worry you wont be mugged lol

[Mitchell]

wont get mugged, im from the internet.

[Clouds_mate]

This is all getting confusing,

The new mot rules is as follows.

If a car fails an MOT for your free retest it must be by the end of the next working day( 24hours)

If you leave the car at the garage to be repiared then u have nothing to worry about as it has not left the premisis.

On the retest they check what it failed on. Not a full mot.

If u have missed the 24 hour period u need to do a full mot again.

Hope this clears things up.





I get a free retest within 14days.

He said he wont be doing a full mot

[Luke]

Who did you take it too mate?

[Rosco906]

If youve been going to that garage for a good while and good customer to them i would asume theve put it thro as not left premisis.
But if ur leaving it till the 14 days and put on extra miles u better hope who ever doing the mot puts in a few extra miles from the mot.

They will catch on if your car did an extra 100 miles from time of mot and repairing it within 14days

[Clouds_mate]

right....

My missus, sister. her mates boyfriend. POW lol

[Clouds_mate]

If youve been going to that garage for a good while and good customer to them i would asume theve put it thro as not left premisis.
But if ur leaving it till the 14 days and put on extra miles u better hope who ever doing the mot puts in a few extra miles from the mot.

They will catch on if your car did an extra 100 miles from time of mot and repairing it within 14days


Cars at home. Going to work tomora getting pads fitted.


I think i will be coming home from work early as iv got bad tooth ache and have had all week. Iv just had to come home from town.

Duno he can resit it, i have no issues it wont fail on anything else

[Dan]

Everytime my previous cars have failed the mot place have just checked the parts have been replaced.

I need to sort the pug out today for its test tomorrow.

I think it'll fail on:

Blowing exhaust (hopefully sorting this today)
Abs light on (hopefully doing this too today)
hopefully they'll let me off for the front tints

Im taking it to my brothers mate off cliosport as he owns a garage so should be ok.

[Clouds_mate]

Phoned garage this morning to tell him cars now ready and he sadid to bring it up to him...

Went up tested my parts and said all good in the hood.

Altho. on the rear brake test when he used it looked like my exhuast smashed on the floor when he breaked but it didnt so cant of been that far off lol.

He said my other light beem was out a tiny bit he changed the blub and didnt work but he said its ok and didnt charge me for the blub either lol

I was at the garage for 10mins and most of that was talking to him.


How did you go on dan?

[Dan]

I didnt make it there today, I found out that the rear abs sensor has snapped so had to go and get a new one today. Was at work until 1pm so didnt have time to take it today as the missus had to go to hospital this afternoon.

Need to take it one day next week, everything else should be ok.