[crl]

Just purchased a vehicle (petrol) Citroen C1 that had a new MOT on purchase.

The car failed the MOT a few days prior to the car passing. One of the fails was “Emissions unable to be completed Exhaust leak (8.2.1.2 (d))”

When I purchased the car there was still a slight blow with the exhaust which was acceptable because of the price of the car and new exhausts are cheap for C1’s.

However, I have now found that the car appears to be using excessive oil, little smoke out of the exhaust and no oil leaks.

When I checked the documentation it included the new MOT but there was no emission test report. Is it statutory to be provided with an emission test report when the vehicle passes the MOT? If it is can a copy be requested?

[castrolrob]

from memory its not compulsory to give the owner a copy but most of us do particularly when its already failed on emissions.it IS compulsory for the garage that conducted the test to keep a record/copy for 3 mnths from date of test so shud be able to photocopy theirs at the very least.if youre hoping it shows smoke etc then assuming its petrol it wont show anything and could quite easily pass an emissions test while burning oil.to fail on smoke it would have to be bad enough not to see the road behind you!if diesel the “smoke test”is actually measuring soot so again could easily pass while burning oil.are the vendor and the mot garage the same entity?its quite normal for a seller of a vehicle with(lets say)an emissions print that shows it near the limits to “lose”said print when selling,the test station concerned obviously has no control over this as it aint their car to begin with.if however the sales and mot are combined then different rules apply for professional vehicle traders assuming its what they were.more info required from 1,the test station,2,yourself regarding any and all the above,3,the date/type/terms of sale.for instance any appeal-if it ever goes that far-against it passing on summat that it maybe should have failed on would have a limit of between 1-3 mnths dependant on the type of defect and if youre at or around that sorta elapsed time then none of this is going anywhere and youre stuck with it.

[CodyHale]

[user=21916]crl[/user] wrote:
[quote]Just purchased a vehicle (petrol) Citroen C1 that had a new MOT on purchase.

The car failed the MOT a few days prior to the car passing. One of the fails was “Emissions unable to be completed Exhaust leak (8.2.1.2 (d))”

When I purchased the car there was still a slight blow with the exhaust which was acceptable because of the price of the car and new exhausts are cheap for C1’s.

However, I have now found that the car appears to be using excessive oil, little smoke out of the exhaust and no oil leaks.

When I checked the documentation it included the new MOT but there was no emission test report. Is it statutory to be provided with an emission test report when the vehicle passes the MOT? If it is can a copy be requested?[/quote]

Your Citroen C1 has previously failed an MOT due to a fault relating to an exhaust leak, which prevented the emissions test from being carried out. A few days later, a new MOT was issued. This is acceptable if the fault has been rectified properly, i.e. repaired and retested at the same or another authorised station.

However, failure to provide an emissions report with the MOT may raise doubts about the quality of the test. In this case, you should contact the testing station that issued the new MOT to request a copy of the emissions data (which is still within the retention period).

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