MOT Retests - Saxperience

Clouds_mate · 24th August 2006, 18:23

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

James · 24th August 2006, 18:24

Whole test mate

rep please

James · 24th August 2006, 18:25

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 · 24th August 2006, 18:26

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 · 24th August 2006, 18:26

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 · 24th August 2006, 18:26

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 · 24th August 2006, 18:27

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

Clouds_mate · 24th August 2006, 18:28

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 · 24th August 2006, 18:28

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 · 24th August 2006, 18:28

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 · 24th August 2006, 18:29

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 · 24th August 2006, 18:30

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 · 24th August 2006, 18:31

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 · 24th August 2006, 18:31

did you fail on your headlamp too?

JayWard · 24th August 2006, 18:32

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 · 24th August 2006, 18:33

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Originally Posted by Leckie

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

Clouds_mate · 24th August 2006, 18:34

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

James · 24th August 2006, 18:34

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Originally Posted by 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!

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.