Online tools to help vehicle owners

...search There are a number of ways of checking if a customer’s vehicle is subject to a safety recall by: using the vehicle safety recall search on the Motor Codes...
...search There are a number of ways of checking if a customer’s vehicle is subject to a safety recall by: using the vehicle safety recall search on the Motor Codes...
...be the first in a series of regular blogs that looks at what we've been working on behind the scenes. Improving test quality information Over the last fortnight, we’ve been...
Q. A trader presents cars for test with defective high level stop lamps. He makes no attempt to repair them but says the lamp is permanently disconnected - in the...
...Initial results are encouraging, but a full analysis of the trial results is awaited. If the outcome is positive, the trial will form the basis of a proposal for change....
As of 18 November 2012, MOT certificates - VT20s - show the mileage of the vehicle for the last three VT20 certificates issued, along with the mileage for the current...
...a failure to follow laid down procedures: · Do not use a database to populate job cards or for obtaining a vehicle’s VIN. Any error in inputting the VRM will...
...says “how do people drive their vehicles in this condition, as this is a major risk for road safety I failed it for excessive movement of the wishbone bush”. We...
...fitted at the time of test. Unfortunately, there is not a specific Reason for Rejection for this, so we require that you use - the illumination of the lamp is...
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...
...clearly not been checked for some time. The owner brought the car in complaining it was making a noise and the steering wasn’t right. What they found sent them running...