guest[b][user=658]Wesley[/user] wrote: [/b][quote][b][user=2562]Vehicle Assessor[/user] wrote: [/b][quote][b][user=658]Wesley[/user] wrote: [/b][quote][b][user=2562]Vehicle Assessor[/user] wrote: [/b][quote]I read a few weeks a go about a tester who advised that on a car he tested he found the nearside front antiroll bar linkage rod missing, he then said he contacted VOSA because there was no reason for rejection, VOSA replied that the car would be too dangerous to test and should be abandoned?
I just tested a car where the nearside rear antiroll bar linkage was missing, and based on the rusty appearance must have been missing for some time, surely VOSA can’t expect a tester to abandon a test based on their opinion that a vehicle with a linkage missing is dangerous?
What happens when an antiroll bar is missing, the testers manual says fail that not abandon it?
Mike:)
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Some Landrover Disco`s have a front anti roll bar fitted and some don`t.
So are you saying fail it?:? surely if it aint there you can`t fail it?;)
Wes.
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Wes, I can only advise what the testers manual advises a tester to do with regards the standards to be applied. The manual says;
Check that an anti-roll bar is fitted to an axle on which it is standard.
If your experience knows that a vehicle does not have a anti – roll bar fitted as standard, and you are sure that it has not been removed and become the norm not to be there, when it should, then your experience must prevail, if you have an element of doubt, then check with VOSA who will probably advise a tester to pass and advise.
Mike:)
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Mike:),
So if a vehicle is presented with the rear seats removed, are the rear seatbelts a requirement?:?
Wes.
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Wes.
As a professional you should already know the answer to that one, we are talking about anti-roll bars and their linkages, but as you have brought seat belts into the discussion, if the vehicle is of a three door design with no rear seats fitted and the front reclining seats will not tilt forwards, you would pass and advise. If the front seats cannot be tilted forwards and the rear seats are fitted, you would refuse to test the vehicle. If there are no rear seats fitted, either enclosed away like the Vauxhall Zafira, or somebody removed them for whatever reason, then pass and advise.
So if somebody removed an anti-roll bar because it was corroded and could not or did not wish to replace it for the mot test, would you pass it or fail it?
There is a difference between the manufacturer designing a vehicle with or without an anti-roll bar, and a mechanic’s opinion as to whether one should or should not be fitted?
Mike:)
