This blog provides an update from our MOT Enforcement team on changes we are making to our reviews process from 1 April 2025.
Question: We’ve tested a vehicle with no damping on the rear shock absorbers. Why isn’t this now an MOT failure?
DVSA is asking garages and testers to check and update their contact and other details ahead of the switchover to the new MOT testing system in 2015.
DVSA has received reports of garages getting phonecalls from so-called ‘VOSA’ / ‘DVSA’ representatives offering broadband and internet services ahead of the switchover to the new MOT testing system in 2015. These calls are NOT connected to DVSA in any way.
VTS council members play an important role in the industry by passing on your ideas about improving the MOT scheme to DVSA. There are around 100 VTS council members across the UK representing a cross-section of the MOT industry.
This photo sent in by Phil Green from Lincoln shows a front suspension ball joint completely separated from the lower suspension arm.
Question: I have a passenger vehicle in for test, but it’s 3300kgs DGW (Design Gross Weight). Can I test it?
I have removed the front passenger seat in order to provide wheelchair access for my disabled partner. Because the wiring of the seat is disconnected this shows up as an SRS (Supplementary Restraining System) fault, is this an MOT failure?
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will soon be carrying out a new activity when visiting some sites. This will be known as an ‘observed inspection with defects’.
For a while now, ‘items not tested’ on MOT Comp has caused some confusion for testers. As a feature which was originally built to be used only by Vehicle Examiners, it was also being used by Nominated testers. This wasn’t the intended use and we’ve decided to simplify the rules.
The Department for Transport has set up a website for people to discuss and make suggestions about changes to road-worthiness testing for classic vehicles.