hello everyone i've just been told that due to new computerisation of MOT's i know need a class 7 test for my 110 as its GVW is 3050kg. anyone else had this situation ? is it correct, should 110's be having class 7's. has everone who's currently got as class 4 got an illegal MOT ????

lots of questions anyone got answers

thanks

rob

There was a bit of a to do on this subject a while back, in the posh lads bit down the very bottom of the page.

Mine was down as 3050kg on the log book, so I sent the log book back to the DVLC to have it altered to the weight quoted on landrovers web site, can't remember what it is without digging the log book out, but according to Haynes the 90 pickup weighs 1661kg. I didn't have any problems from DVLC and sent it registered post.

So any old how when I took it for it's MOT the examiner queried the weight, and according to his wall chart for braking effort (the 90 wasn't on it) the weight I had given for my 90 was greater than the weight for a disco.

When he put the braking effort and the vehicle weight I had given him into the DVLC website for the MOT It came up as a fail. The nearest weight for the braking effort came out as 1200kg.

Before my next MOT I intend to take the vehicle to a weighbridge to find out exactly what it weighs, and have the log book altered accordingly.

According to Haynes a 110
soft-top 1742kg
pick-up 1743kg
hard-top 1796kg
station-wagon 1906kg

Your MOT states that the vehicle was roadworthy on the day of the test - nothing more. It's up to you to ensure it stays roadworthy for the following 12 months, after that it needs another MOT test. So, the class doesn't matter: it was correct on the day of the test. Whether it's a class 4 or 7 I haven't a clue.
Just MOTed my Mog the other day - that says class 7 on the cert (whatever that means...) and it was done in an ordinary MOT garage. Just leave that sort of thing to the mechanics, they should know what they're doing

The problem is if the DVLC computer system has the weight of the vehicle as 3000kg, and the brakes aren't effective enough for that weight, then the MOT examiner could fail the vehicle, or insist that the vehicle gets tested as a class 7.

I couldn't agree more, mechanics "should" know what they are doing.

Gareth Coe said:

e. It's up to you to ensure it stays roadworthy for the following 12 months, after that it needs another MOT test. So, the

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its every two years in sunny france and my car failed cos the tyres were too wide

Lookin at yer avatar, they're not the only things that are too wide

how dare you!! young man!