Recently there have been several scare stories in the press suggesting that thousands of motorists’ vehicles will fail the MOT because their vehicles have safety-related manufacturing defects which have not been remedied. These articles are wrong. There has been no recent change to the MOT Testing rules which would apply to the vehicle defect Safety Recall system resulting in an…
Read More
‘Good Repute’, criminal record checks and the MOT Over the years the DVSA have often published their successful prosecution of recalcitrant MOT Testers (NTs) and Authorised Examiners (AEs) who have unlawfully, and sometimes purposefully and corruptly issued MOT pass certificates either without seeing the vehicle, or when they know the vehicle should have failed the MOT inspection. This could be…
Read More
DVSA announces streamlined MOT reminder service In a recent press release the Government’s Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, (DVSA) gave themselves a pat on the back for having achieved what they suggest is a landmark result of four million motorists having signed up for the Government’s MOT reminder service. At the same time, they announced several new features to improve…
Read More
Vehicle ‘Safety Recalls’ and the MOT It is surprising how few motorists don’t know what a vehicle recall is. Mainly attributable to road safety issues, it is when a vehicle has an undiscovered defect during manufacture – which the car makers then have to ‘recall’ back to their dealerships to have that defect remedied. Many are not safety related, and…
Read More
DVSA Enforcement (Image): MOT Test pass issued on the computer, but no vehicle present – DVSA can monitor MOT passes being issued in real time on the MOT computer – if they see a pass being issued for a vehicle not on the premises they are watching, severe disciplinary action will follow. In a recent blog, the DVSA issued a…
Read More
Diesel Particulate Filters and the MOT A Parliamentary lobbying group called The Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality (WCRAQ) set up by Barry Sheerman, the Labour MP for Huddersfield, claims that up to 10 percent of diesel cars could have faulty or damaged diesel particulate filters (DPFs). The organisation has further suggested that stricter MOT Testing should be introduced to…
Read More
During the MOT Tester annual assessment this year,Testers find they are being tested on aspects of the DVSA disciplinary process, which many of them feel is irrelevant to their ability to carry out a competent MOT
Read More![Mechanic checking a car with a clipboard [url=http://www.istockphoto.com/my_lightbox_contents.php?lightboxID=5481886][img]http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w171/manley099/Lightbox/flame.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.istockphoto.com/my_lightbox_contents.php?lightboxID=5455224][img]http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w171/manley099/Lightbox/cars.jpg[/img][/url]](https://motester.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/MOT-Tester.jpg)
General MOT news updates and items of interest to the MOT Community 22nd February 2021 No major changes There have been a few articles appearing in the mainstream media which seemed to suggest there have recently been some significant changes to the MOT. Having spoken to a Senior Executive at DVSA we can confirm that is not the case. All…
Read More
Testing Stations have a legal obligation to carry out Testing as agents of the Government for the DVSA; which includes the further legal obligation to be able to road test a vehicle in some circumstances
Read More
Will electric vehicles really take-over, and if so what are the implications…? Maintenance and repair Setting aside for the moment the safety implications of repairing and servicing vehicles with batteries containing dangerous levels electrically stored energy at over 600 volts (much the same as the London Underground trains use), the processes for maintenance and repair of these vehicles will change.…
Read More
If your car fails on an MOT item which is in the “Dangerous” category, you are advised that the vehicle is dangerous to drive and therefore you should not drive that vehicle on the road, even if you are taking it to another garage to be repaired. So what are your options? MOT Testing Magazine Editor Jim Punter explains. Since…
Read More
As has now been reported widely both in the national press and the broadcast media earlier this week, the new online MOT Testing system failed catastrophically. Testing Stations have been forced to provide motorists who present their cars for MOT with a simple paper document – a ‘Contingency MOT Test’ Certificate – recording the result of their MOT Test, because…
Read MoreHere’s the latest update on the new ‘online’ MOT computer. Whilst the system is working, and for the first two Tests of the day Testing Station staff at MOT Testing Magazine’s editor’s Testing Station could initially complete a Test and print off the document, that’s no longer the case. Whilst his Testers can log passes and failures electronically – which…
Read More
After being switched off for a day of ‘maintenance’ on Sunday16th August, DVSA’s own new MOT computer catastrophically failed when it was switched back on on Monday 17th August. But it wasn’t really ‘maintenance’, it was a software upgrade – which had bugs in it which hadn’t been sorted out beforehand. The problem continued into Tuesday until the evening, until…
Read More
We recently received this letter from a reader of the magazine – unfortunately too late for publication in the February ’15 edition, but we will include it in the May edition as we consider it to be one of the most important issues connected with MOT Testing in the UK at the moment – price cutting and fee discounting, and…
Read MoreWithdrawal of authority to do MOT Testing The Agency responsible for controlling and monitoring the activities of MOT Testing Stations and their MOT Testers, the Driver and Vehicle Services Agency (DVSA) have announced that in future, if for disciplinary reasons, a Testing Station is withdrawn from the MOT Scheme because they have fallen foul of the Testing regulations, then…
Read MoreThere’s been a new Special Notice issued: S/N 2-14 with three subjects as follows: Withdrawal of MOT Text Reminder Service: As most Testing Stations have their own reminder service these days, some by text, and others by post, it is assumed that this has been withdrawn through lack of demand. Registering MOTs which are the subject of a Cherished Transfer…
Read More
Since the Driving Standards Agency, the DSA, has now merged with the Vehicle Operator and Services Agency (VOSA), effective from April 2014, a name change was inevitable. The combined agency is to be called the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency or DVSA (don’t you love these acronyms!). Whilst the DfT issued a consultation earlier in the year asking people…
Read MoreIn a move designed to ensure that Britain is compliant with EU law, the Department for Transport announced this week that from February next year (2014), MOT Testers will have to check that if a vehicle was originally fitted with a diesel particulate filter they will have to ensure the filter hasn’t been removed – and if it has, then…
Read MoreDespite being in extended consultation with members of the MOT Trade Forum regarding a review of the MOT fee for 2014 – suddenly ‘out of the blue’, a surprise announcement from the Ministry of Justice quoted the new Roads Minister Robert Goodwill as saying, “…we are freezing the price for an MOT Test…” (We can only assume the news was…
Read More