To coincide with International Women’s Day on Sunday (8 March), Hayley Pells, owner of Avia Speed Shop in Bridgend, talks about her monthly ‘how to’ vehicle safety clinics for customers.
A bit of D.I.Y. here on the brakes of a Ford Focus, seen by Robert McKinnon of McKinnon Bros Garage, North Ayrshire. This was presented for a retest with the near side rear handbrake repaired by the owner! - As …
Q. On a Nissan Primera (and Micra) the engine mounting is attached to a cross member - if this member is heavily corroded does this now fail under section 6.1 as it is now insecure? A. Engine mountings are not …
The new test items introduced with the implementation of EU Directive 2010/48/EU are now testable and can be selected as a reason for failure from 20 March 2013. The directive originally planned for 01 January 2012 was put on hold …
Highlighted Problems The addition of the odometer history on test certificates has revealed a number of issues. The major problems concern the incorrect identification of vehicles. This can create a false record, failure to link to the vehicle’s previous history, …
‘White van man’ is of course a sterotype but the general road worthiness of vans is of serious concern whatever the colour and it's pretty obvious that things have to change. VOSA's roadside enforcement experience is that targeting light goods …
When Paul Heskel a tester at Southall MOT Ltd. in West London pulled the 2006 VW Polo he was testing on to the ramp he felt it to be very unstable, so he was expecting to find the suspension bushes …
Sam Ballaam from Motor Engineers Grantham Lincs sent us this picture of a lower ball joint on a VW Passat brought to them for test. On discovering the lower section of the ball joint to be missing they showed the …
Q. I have a motorcycle MOT station here in Dumfries (Dumfries Scooters) I wonder if you could give me a definitive answer on the fitment of LED type combined rear lamp/stop lamp and indicator units that seem to be becoming more …
VOSA’s Customer Service Centre answers 3,500 calls and 120 emails a day from testers, operators and members of the public. The team takes calls on anything from training courses to cars fitted with jet engines! Here are some of the …
Sticking with brakes, here’s a picture of a worn disc sent in by Kevin Lee of E H Roberts in Benfleet. Although pictures of worn discs are quite common, this one must be as close as you can get and …