During an MOT Test, what might a car – the same make and model with similar mileage to yours – fail on? Here’s where to find out; select your vehicle profile and find out instantly – using data from last year’s MOT results from the whole of the UK.
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Rumours of a huge MOT price increase have been circulating on the internet recently – so what’s the story, and how reasonable is the current price for a car’s MOT inspection? The current MOT fee – is it fair? Several of those news items claimed that the cost of the annual MOT test for cars could soon exceed £300. That’s…
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DVSA has announced the following information regarding a strike by some vehicle Testers and Traffic Examiners. Some vehicle testing and enforcement services might be affected by strike action.* * see update below Some DVSA staff who are members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union are planning to take strike action during June 2023. This includes: The strike action…
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Deadly defects…! The Government has recently issued a consultative document suggesting a change for the first MOT Test to be at four years old and two-yearly thereafter. Yet data we have discovered shows that since the Government last made the same proposal in 2010/11 (which was rejected on road safety grounds), the number of cars with “dangerous” defects cited during…
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There have been articles in the media recently about changes to the MOT Test; a change from the first Test being due, currently set to be carried out after a vehicle is three years old and then subsequently every year, being changed to after a vehicle is four years and possibly five years old, and then every two years. The…
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Prosol UK, the UK’s leading supplier of garage and workshop equipment and tools to the motor trade, has launched an electric vehicle fire blanket that has recently been demonstrated at Horiba MIRA. Designed and developed in conjunction with a team of electric vehicle and fire safety experts, the ‘Fire Cloak’ Electric Vehicle Fire Blanket by Prosol UK is manufactured in…
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A leading independent garage network has spoken about the huge uplift in customer demand for EV repairs and modifications since the Spring. Elite Garages, an independent tyre, MOT, car service and forecourt operator with 14 sites across the South of England, sent a minimum of two technicians from each site to complete their IMI Level 3 Electric/Hybrid vehicle training with…
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hree of the UK’s top automotive recruitment specialists, have formed The Automotive Recruitment Alliance in a bid to streamline the recruitment process for the aftermarket, including operators
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This morning DVSA announced a consultation to increase fees by 1.5% across all their services, including the MOT slot fee, and all other fees they charge, which includes driving test fees, and what they charge Authorised test centres for HGVs and Buses when DVSA staff conduct HGV MOT Tests at those Authorised sites. But what about the MOT fee? Historically,…
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With the obvious exception of ‘emissions’, pretty much everything else on an electric vehicle is subject to the same MOT safety checks as a regular internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle.
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During an MOT Test, what might a car – the same make and model with similar mileage to yours – fail on? Here’s where to find out; select your vehicle profile and find out instantly – using data from last year’s MOT results from the whole of the UK.
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Chris Price says to motorists who may be using their vehicles for the first time for some time for Monday’s school run:
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We’ve had a call from a Tester who said the pause button on the online assessment exam has been removed – which means that if you need to consult the manual you can’t pause the test, where last year you could. ABC and IMI said the pause button has been removed, someone else said they did it through RMI and…
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Some tyres over 10 years old to fail the MOT DVSA to email details to Testing Stations Monday 11th January Late last year the Government announced that any tyres over ten years old on HGV and PSV vehicles will be banned. Whilst this does not apply to the majority of vehicles tested at private Testing Stations, it might to some…
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The links below will take you directly to the page which has details of the MOT test of that item, with descriptions of ‘Minor’, ‘Major’ and ‘Dangerous’ criteria.
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CardsSafe – keeping your security cards safe Helping Car Dealerships and Vehicle Testing Stations to store cards securely. The CardsSafe system is specifically designed to securely retain customer credit, debit and ID cards while they test drive a vehicle, or to protect MOT Security Cards for Nominated Testers (NT) and Authorised Examiners (AE). Complying with the DVSA’s strict guidelines for…
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It’s been two years since the DVSA rolled-out its new MOT risk rating system, but confusion around how the ‘Red-Amber-Green’ (RAG) rating is calculated still remains. Suffering from a resource shortage, the DVSA created the RAG rating system to make their use of time more efficient. It is basically a ‘torch’ the DVSA can use to highlight potential bad practice…
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Autotech Training can deliver Level 1 EV training to up to 14 employees at any one time, or via the IMI’s eLearning platform. Levels 2 and 3 EV training is delivered to up to six employees over a two day period. For further information on Autotech Training visit https://autotechrecruit.co.uk/training/
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The DVSA recently announced: “We are investing in ‘bodycams’ for all frontline enforcement staff to reduce physical and verbal assaults”, adding, “we need to be able to protect the public without fear of violence or abuse. We take a zero-tolerance approach to physical and verbal assaults and the bodycams will act as a deterrent. They will also enable us to…
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When the government decided to put the country in lockdown due to the dangers associated with Covid 19 transmission within the community, they also decided to allow a lockdown MOT extension – MOT expiry dates from 30th March were extended for six months. At the time, that did attract some adverse publicity in the press with respect to the danger…
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