MOT.. - Saxperience

Payney · 27th October 2011, 00:25

Yes them 3 dreaded letters.

I'm hoping to put it through after weeks of work... Just wondering if it would fail on either:

PAS Pump not working

Gear is sloppy as fook

Airbag light (Im guessing so.. But they are connected fine, how much would they charge to sort this?)

Karlb1 · 27th October 2011, 00:35

PAS pump im not sure but i think it might fail as it's not working..if you were to remove the power steering (which i hear is a ballache of a job) you could be okay, or just get anotherpmpcheap from the scrappy (would be easier).

Gears won't matter as long as it goes through them al.

Airbag light might be an advisory but you shouldn't fail, mine was on about a month ago when i had my MOT.
Airbag light could be the sensor clip on the front seats, if not then i shouldn't worry too much about it, i know somebody that had around £360 spent on fault finding and repairing it...still on though. Could get them to do a diagnostics test for about £20 usually, just to check if its a serious fault?

saxo_singh · 27th October 2011, 00:40

Can't fail you for your pas pump not working.
Only things they can see they fail iirc.
Just the airbag light is an issue, you could takethe bulb out and hope the tester dosn't notice on ignition or buy the small resistor thing to turn it off.

Gandi699 · 27th October 2011, 00:44

Can you still get away with taking the bulb out for the airbag or does it NEED to light and go out?
Or fit a wheel without an airbag and remove the airbag ecu, they cant test it if its not there

Wongo69 · 27th October 2011, 00:49

For the airbag i've heard you can bypass the connector under the seat as it's that that is at fault.

saxovtrmk1 · 27th October 2011, 07:53

Pas steering not working will fail as it is fitted its got to work. Airbag light will advise as it hasnt come into rules of failing yet i checked with my boss about it as my light is on and hes a mot tester gearstick doesnt matter as long as nothing is falling off or anything

devilsadvocate · 27th October 2011, 07:58

I love how everyone says different things, clearly nobody knows for sure! lol

My old VTR went through with an airbag light on, was just an advisory but a lot of things depend on which side of the bed the MOT tester got out of that morning

saxovtrmk1 · 27th October 2011, 08:08

Well power steering not working is a fail dont matter what side he gets out of bed for that its fitted its got to work.airbag light is a advisory the rule is changing and it will be a fail eventually.

leeham987 · 27th October 2011, 08:42

PAS pump is a fail mate, as saxovtrmk1 said, if its fitted it has to be working, i asked before mine went in as it wasn't working.

holdawayt · 27th October 2011, 08:56

Just to shake things up, i've put two cars through an M.O.T now with faulty power steering and they've passed without advisories.

leeham987 · 27th October 2011, 10:10

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Originally Posted by holdawayt

Just to shake things up, i've put two cars through an M.O.T now with faulty power steering and they've passed without advisories.

hmmm, seems different rules for different garages

Payney · 27th October 2011, 10:28

I think it really just depends on the garage then, the airbag light is on because I changed my interior, it wasn't on before that but seems I may not need to worry about that.... PAS pump should be on its way today anyway so.

Cheers for help guys.

stevo67 · 27th October 2011, 10:56

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Originally Posted by Gandi699

Can you still get away with taking the bulb out for the airbag or does it NEED to light and go out?
Or fit a wheel without an airbag and remove the airbag ecu, they cant test it if its not there

Yes you can that`s what I did & for 2yrs previous I had the light taped over & it passed with no advisories mate.

Simon^p · 27th October 2011, 14:00

PAS Pump not working = FAIL

Gear is sloppy as fook = Depends on the cause?

Airbag light = PASS (but will be a fail next year)

stevo67 · 27th October 2011, 15:18

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Originally Posted by Simon

PAS Pump not working = FAIL

Gear is sloppy as fook = Depends on the cause?

Airbag light = PASS (but will be a fail next year)

If there is no airbag light there am I correct in saying that`s a pass from next year?ie no light flashing/on so can`t be tested.

Simon^p · 27th October 2011, 20:05

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Originally Posted by stevo67

If there is no airbag light there am I correct in saying that`s a pass from next year?ie no light flashing/on so can`t be tested.

I have been told by a tester,
That there must be an airbag fitted

Plus light must be off.

I have no airbag ecu, so no light

Will just re-fit std steering wheel for test.

Payney · 27th October 2011, 21:18

Hi Simon, big help and blunt as I wanted! LOL.

Gears are just down to a shit french car lol! Think it's just gear linkages, this will be sorted anyway just wanted to get an MOT on the thing so I can use it.