MOT advisory oddity.

t-tony said:
Just so you know,


When a partial re-examination is permissible, the Tester must examine all the failed defects (dangerous and major) along with any items that may have been affected by the repair. The tester should also check any minor defects or advisory item that had been recorded at the time of the initial test and mark as repaired as appropriate. Note: Only one partial re-examination is permissible per full test

For the tester at Halfords to say to Pete that " no, "I only do that if the customer has mentioned that they had been done". is wrong. He should check it regardless. It states so in the MOT Testing Guide.

Tony.
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So I just come off the phone to DVSA, they are not interested in the slightest,
She put me on hold whilst consulting someone else, and then said that advisories can be the mechanics opinion, and if I wanted them removed I have to go back to the garage and have it checked again, so they can email and request they be removed, or get it MOT'd at a separate garage and pay the full fee,
I am tempted by the second option, and forwarding the bill to Halfords, but do I then trust another garage not to make up another advisory?
I said to the DVSA that if you are quite happy to allow them to carry on doing it, then I am not bothered because it wont happen to me there ever again.

Pass is a pass and I have receipts for parts and photo's for advisories that I can show to a buyer.
 
Mattbee said:
My Z went for it’s MOT today. I’d spent some time sorting everything that was an advisory last time round (with previous owner) including various suspension components, rebuilding brake calipers and replacing brake hoses with braided steel ones.
It passed, but a couple of the advisory notices caught my eye and make me wonder if I should say/do anything- (there were a couple I sort of expected-there is a small amount of corrosion to the brake pipes at the rear which I intend to get remade when I drop the rear ended to do all the bushes etc but 99% of it came off with wire wool, just a couple of bits I couldn’t quite get to)
Rear brake hoses were advised as worn/perished. Both the ones at the caliper and the inboard ones the other end of the steel pipe were replaced for brand new braided.
Both front and rear offside corrosion to structural member-there absolutely isn’t, I really went to town checking/cleaning/prodding and poking.
What there is though is some surface bubbling to the ends of the sill covers front and back, which I intend to sort when the weather is better for painting. But they are bolt on parts, not structural.
I know that advisory notes aren’t the end of the world but it irks me that they are there when there is clearly not a fault.Has anyone ever contested them?
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Having read the whole post and comments it doesn’t sound right to me either. I generally take my daily car to Halfords or Kwik Fit for Mot as it’s cheap and it’s a newer car which I know is well maintained (I check for anything I think might need doing before I take it and it’s always been fine). For my Z3 though, I take to a local garage that I’ve used for years. I always do check myself first if there’s anything that looks obvious but I ask the guys to give it a good inspection before the MOT too. They have done some work for me - replacing the steering rack and components as there were previous advisories I wanted to get rid of but it definitely pays to have that good relationship with the guys there - 3rd mot on the trot with no advisories and I’m happy with that. Tbh there shouldn’t be any but I wouldn’t have that trust if it was Halfords or Kwik Fit....
 
I have used the same MOT testing station for the last 15 years. In this time I have had numerous "old beamers". I have total confidence in them and always have any advisories fixed promptly. Much of the reason for my confidence is that the testing station only does MOTs. They have no axe to grind about bringing in work and have always been fair (even when a car has failed on occasion). There is no way I would ever go near Halfords or similar for a MOT, nor even a trusted garage. A fair annual fully independent evaluation is the only way to go for me.
 
Ianmc said:
the testing station only does MOTs. They have no axe to grind about bringing in work and have always been fair (even when a car has failed on occasion).
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I have one like that local to me, but he always charges full price fee, and then re-test fees as per the MOT guidelines.
Also, nowadays, if it is a dangerous fault, it will require the cost of a tow elsewhere to fix it.
and I have saved over £500 by not using him,
One complaint in 7 years x 3 cars, ie 21 tests, I won't be rushing there just yet.

I just have to keep reminding myself that the money I have saved, is worth one gripe, however right or wrong it is,.
It is just time for a different garage next time, one that the possible cost of a tow would go towards a reasonable price fix at their premises instead.
 
My guy charges £50 for the test (£5 discount). Free retest if needed. I look at it as money well spent each year for a thorough independent inspection.
 
Anyone "offering" free re tests aren't giving you anything. All MOT tests include 1 free retest with 10 working days which is 2 weeks because weekends don't count.

Tony.
 
t-tony said:
Anyone "offering" free re tests aren't giving you anything. All MOT tests include 1 free retest with 10 working days which is 2 weeks because weekends don't count.
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You are correct
 
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