A little tired I'd say!

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Stevo7682 said:
Gaz is right unfortunately a lot of people wait till mot time if it fails fix the fails then unless something breaks in between nothing gets fixed till following year.
But at the end of the day an mot is a basic road safety check.
Tony to address the points you made on a lot of larger modern cars you have no chance of fully compressing suspension enough due to spring rates multi link etc various ones of the mot sites i work in are atl and when you put something like an audi a6 s line on the shaker plates it barely moves compared to maybe a hyundai i10.
Again unfortunately a strip down style mot would then take considerably more time so then a much larger cost would be involved and also opens up a whole minefield of potential damage being caused in the dismantle so think in a lot of ways dvsa hand are tied by various factors.
Sorry @Simon Blythe for dragging your thread slightly off topic :whistle:
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No worries They are the original shocks!!
 
Stevo7682 said:
Gaz is right unfortunately a lot of people wait till mot time if it fails fix the fails then unless something breaks in between nothing gets fixed till following year.
But at the end of the day an mot is a basic road safety check.
Tony to address the points you made on a lot of larger modern cars you have no chance of fully compressing suspension enough due to spring rates multi link etc various ones of the mot sites i work in are atl and when you put something like an audi a6 s line on the shaker plates it barely moves compared to maybe a hyundai i10.
Again unfortunately a strip down style mot would then take considerably more time so then a much larger cost would be involved and also opens up a whole minefield of potential damage being caused in the dismantle so think in a lot of ways dvsa hand are tied by various factors.
Sorry @Simon Blythe for dragging your thread slightly off topic :whistle:
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You're right Steve, I'm referring to a bounce test on such as a tired old Z3 or a Z4 where you could and should be able to bounce test them. As for multi link front suspensions, you can hardly turn those into full lock let alone hold it there . Sadly also it would open up the test to people getting ripped off on repairs too, hence the reason you can't fail discs which are black with corrosion and pitting as long as you get good enough brake effort and no fluctuation, but neither of us would want them on our cars. It's fun being a tester;)

Tony.

ps. Apologies from me too @Simon Blythe :)
 
t-tony said:
You're right Steve, I'm referring to a bounce test on such as a tired old Z3 so Z4 where you could and should be able to bounce test them. As for multi link front suspensions, you can hardly turn those into full lock let alone hold it there . Sadly also it would open up the test to people getting ripped off on repairs too, hence the reason you can't fail discs which are black with corrosion and pitting as long as you get good enough brake effort and no fluctuation, but neither of us would want them on our cars. It's fun being a tester;)

Tony.

ps. Apologies from me too @Simon Blythe :)
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Hey Tony, a healthy debate is always good. Disappointed that I've now got a traction control and ABS light on now
 
You need to get it plugged into a code reader see where the fault is take it from there check whatever side it is but you may have damaged the wires
 
Simon Blythe said:
The brakes weren't touched at all mate
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I think what Steve is saying is that the ABS cable "could" have been damaged by simply being caught when changing the shockers Simon, if they're the original cables they will be rather delicate and it wouldn't take much to upset one of them. Best bet is to get the system code read for the faults though. Saves on guessing hopefully.

Tony.
 
You don't have to touch the cable for the ABS and anti skid lights to come on. I didn't drive my car for a couple of weeks and tucked her up in the garage. When I got her out both ABS and ASC were on. Nobody had touched anything for a couple of weeks
 
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