...Robert Goodwill has announced. Garages and testing stations will check for a diesel particulate filter as part of the MOT test (or annual test for heavy vehicles) in February 2014....
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,...
Back in August 2014, we limited the options for ‘item not tested’ on MOT comp to include only the mandatory measured items, eg brake performance, headlamp aim and emissions. Since...
When the owner of this vehicle dropped it off with Martin, at Discount Tyres in Sittingbourne for its MOT, they mentioned a noise which had been coming from the front...
...covered. The regulations say that “a tyre should not be used on a road if it’s not maintained in such condition as to be fit for the use to which...
...stopped 45 garages and 111 testers from testing. For the most severe cases, we took them to court as well. We’ve also seen an increase in authorised examiners reporting staff...
...“in all my years in the trade I have never seen tyres as bad on a car.” The vehicle must have been driven for several months with the tyres in...
...a gradual introduction of the new agency name ahead of the formal launch in April. Although DVSA will formally launch in April, DSA and VOSA are still trading as separate...
...to discuss forthcoming changes to the MOT scheme and for members to get advice on the best ways to proceed. For example, VTS councils and their members have helped make...
...concerns over the removal of the shock absorber bounce test, there were good reasons behind this decision. When we introduced the new test items to comply with Directive 2010/48/EU, Department...