MOTs from Jan2012 onwards

[Gray]

A few months ago i read on The AA website that from January this year thr rules around MOT testing will be much stricter, so vehicles which have previously been fine may end up getting fails due to these changes.

I have my MOT due for the end of the month, which is a complete fucknut because i'm doing 4 weeks of training from this week coming in work so it's less than ideal, but alas.

But has anyone had their MOT from between January and now? Was anything picked upon which hadn;t been previously?

 

[Raven]

Put the wife's car through it's MOT. Passed without any problems or advisories.

 

[Billargh]

Mine failed last week but only on the 'common' stuff. Handbrake cables, headlight alignment/positioning, dodgy tyres etc.

 

[Zenith.UK]

It's been so long since I had a car that lasted 3 years to get to it's first MOT.
I know that emissions are being tightened up a lot, to the point where older cars will simply not be able to pass. No matter what tinkering is done with the timing or mix or ECU, there's a level where an old engine cannot get any lower emissions. It's all an effort to get older, more polluting cars off the roads.

My current car has 119g/km CO2 rating. As of this April, my company car tax jumped from 15% to 18% because the bands got tighter. That makes my tax go up from £84/month to £115/month.

Factor in the cost of fuel and it is getting really expensive to run a car.

 

[Tom]

I know that emissions are being tightened up a lot, to the point where older cars will simply not be able to pass. No matter what tinkering is done with the timing or mix or ECU, there's a level where an old engine cannot get any lower emissions. It's all an effort to get older, more polluting cars off the roads.

Somehow I doubt this is quite as simple as you state. Vehicles manufactured before about 2001 (IIRC) weren't required to have any manufacturer Co2 data. So how you can set an emissions test for a vehicle whose standard emissions are unknown is beyond me. And if anyone tries to remove classic cars from the road there'll be uproar.

The new MOT rules will be things like ensuring the ABS system actually works, so no more removing the bulb from the dash. I think it's a bit daft tbh, you don't see unroadworthy cars killing people left right and centre, and if you do, why isn't the current MOT stopping it?

 

[soze]

The rubber grip on my Accelerator pedal had worn though, the guy called me and said under the new rules that it was a fail and he swapped it out for me £7 the light on my air bag warning had failed which again was a MOT fail so he swapped that for me too £15. In years gone by he would have passed it and told me to get them sorted, this year he had to fix them before he could pass my car. Pathetic but the right garage will do the busy work for you and it should not make a difference.

 

[Zenith.UK]

Thing is that as long as the testing garage performs the corrective work, the retest is free of charge.

 

[Access Denied]

Thing is that as long as the testing garage performs the corrective work, the retest is free of charge.

Nope, as long as the corrective work is done and it's retested within 10 days the restest is free. Doesn't matter where you get the work done.