[essexpestcontrol]

ok, so firstly this aint freelander related, I got my vitara mot'd today, its been SORN for a year, no I never take any notice of advisories on the mot, but you would think, that if you had an advisory one year, then the following year it would be worst??

so 2012.... rear drum brakes on way out
2013.... rear brake pipes rusty
2014....tow bar blocking reg plate
all at same garage

my little mule must have magic powers and fix itself???

 

[Nodge68]

ok, so firstly this aint freelander related, I got my vitara mot'd today, its been SORN for a year, no I never take any notice of advisories on the mot, but you would think, that if you had an advisory one year, then the following year it would be worst??

so 2012.... rear drum brakes on way out
2013.... rear brake pipes rusty
2014....tow bar blocking reg plate
all at same garage

my little mule must have magic powers and fix itself???

How on earth can the tow bar be blocking the reg plate? Opps it's not the Freelander. :doh:

All the other stuff is pretty normal, it's called CYOA or
Cover Your Own Ass!!

 

[duncanpage4]

My dad took his Volvo V40 T4 to be MOT'd, only the 'T4' badge had come off sometime in the past.
One of the advisories the tester listed was that it didn't have the correct size wheels on.
Turns out the V40 1.8, 2.0, 2.0 Turbo all have a smaller wheel size than the T4 which has larger wheels but lower profile tyres.
If he'd bothered to look at the paperwork on the DVLA computer he'd have noticed it was the T4 model!!!

 

[thequeenscheese]

Arnt rusty brake pipes a fail not advisory? Rear drumms may e theve seized B-)

 

[xamtex]

in my experience advisories are no more than a work creation scheme for garages...i could write page after page of true stories about this...as far as im concerned if something is not right it fails...if its ok it passes?simple?
when the same thing is not failed or advised at the same garage the next mot then it either cured itself or it was b/s in the first place?

 

[teddywood1]

on my wife car a few years ago a mot inspector said front wishbones were wearing thin and to be honest they looked a bit rust I places and when I got the car home I had a look at to what he had put on the advisory ,and then crawled underneath the car it was main just dirt on them so I washed them of and just smeared a bit of oil over them three years later and they are still passing mots

 

[johnsbwgood]

Mates car failed on the inner cv gaiter. There was oil on it so mot tester failed it. If he would if inspected a bit closer he would of noticed the boot was fine and the oil that was on it was a bit of over spill from topping up the engine oil. Wiped the cv boot clean, took it back and he passed it. Daft ####.

 

[duncanpage4]

Mates car failed on the inner cv gaiter. There was oil on it so mot tester failed it. If he would if inspected a bit closer he would of noticed the boot was fine and the oil that was on it was a bit of over spill from topping up the engine oil. Wiped the cv boot clean, took it back and he passed it. Daft ####.

Did he charge a retest fee?

 

[Kizzeh]

The MOT is just a basic safety check with a few daft things put in over time and emissions. Advisorys are just a warning of upcoming work or things that the tester thinks needs doing but is not a reason for failing.

A tyre looses its effectiveness below 3mm in wet conditions. The legal limit is 1.6mm on the center 3/4. So in theory you can have 4 tyres with 1.65mm on the center 3/4 and bald edges and pass an mot. Then drive through the torrential rain and believe they are safe. A lot of people these days have no concept of mechanical competence and assume just because their car passes an mot it is safe to drive. So without an advisory the driver of the car with nearly bald tyres would assume their car was safe to drive and then drive for a full year, in all weather conditions, untill their next mot.

Advisorys are also for testers to cover their arse. If it has an issue but not serious enough to fail an mot and then the vehicle is involved in an accident a month later. The tester needs to make sure nothing comes back to themself.



This is just an example there are many more but this was the easiest for me to think on the spot