@@maxautoukThis leaves the mechanic in a difficult place. How do you justify essential, safety related repairs to a customer, after their car has just passed MOT? The customer may assume you are ripping them off. Dodgy MOTs are bringing the industry into disrepute.
why would they bring it in for a routine service right after the MOT? thats the kind of thing you get done before an MOT. that bolt looks like its just fallen out - the hold where it should be is still clean. it would have filled with dirt the first time it was out on the road.
MOT in northern ireland are difficult to get and often last minute so this is not uncommon at all. She had this problem for five weeks, so what you see is five weeks worth or dirt build up… not that much as it happens
The MOTs here in Northern Ireland are very questionable. I know some people prefer that they are carried out by the government, and there is no incentive to fail or carry out MOT fraud. But they are not thorough enough IMO. They are far too short. Several of my familiy's cars have had 10-15 minute MOTs carried out. That is too short for a thorough inspection. An MOT in GB would take at least 30 minutes surely? And they don't bother recording advisories here in NI. They will only record it if the car fails MOT. Whilst working in the motor trade, I have seen some very dodgy cars pass MOT. They will pass tyres that are bald on the edges. They will only fail a tyre once the wire is exposed. I've had customers who refuse to replace their bald tyres, just after their MOT test, because the car 'didn't fail on that.' Heavily pitted brake discs will also pass here in NI. I've seen peeling wishbone bushings, which have still passed MOT too. Even soft bushings that have been filled full of window bond will still pass a Northern Ireland MOT.
Yeah the lack of advisories is a problem.. so i work Mainly in Enniskillen area and ive seen cars pass with excessive play on the track rod end (as bad as it can get before it comes apart) and not even put down as an advisory they just verbally tell the customer… which of course they immediately forget I also get weird fails that should not be fails! Like i got a major fail once for an entire chassis they wanted descaled… which i did and then it passed… it just had surface corrosion nothing crazy I also had a fail on a volvo because the tester didnt like the handbrake lever adjustment even though the parking brake passed the efficiency and balance test… Its a lottery going for mot 😂
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Tyre looks trashed on the inside edge too! Absolutely shocking!
Wild isnt it
@@maxautoukThis leaves the mechanic in a difficult place. How do you justify essential, safety related repairs to a customer, after their car has just passed MOT?
The customer may assume you are ripping them off.
Dodgy MOTs are bringing the industry into disrepute.
why would they bring it in for a routine service right after the MOT? thats the kind of thing you get done before an MOT. that bolt looks like its just fallen out - the hold where it should be is still clean. it would have filled with dirt the first time it was out on the road.
MOT in northern ireland are difficult to get and often last minute so this is not uncommon at all. She had this problem for five weeks, so what you see is five weeks worth or dirt build up… not that much as it happens
The MOTs here in Northern Ireland are very questionable.
I know some people prefer that they are carried out by the government, and there is no incentive to fail or carry out MOT fraud.
But they are not thorough enough IMO. They are far too short.
Several of my familiy's cars have had 10-15 minute MOTs carried out. That is too short for a thorough inspection.
An MOT in GB would take at least 30 minutes surely?
And they don't bother recording advisories here in NI. They will only record it if the car fails MOT.
Whilst working in the motor trade, I have seen some very dodgy cars pass MOT.
They will pass tyres that are bald on the edges. They will only fail a tyre once the wire is exposed.
I've had customers who refuse to replace their bald tyres, just after their MOT test, because the car 'didn't fail on that.'
Heavily pitted brake discs will also pass here in NI.
I've seen peeling wishbone bushings, which have still passed MOT too.
Even soft bushings that have been filled full of window bond will still pass a Northern Ireland MOT.
Yeah the lack of advisories is a problem.. so i work Mainly in Enniskillen area and ive seen cars pass with excessive play on the track rod end (as bad as it can get before it comes apart) and not even put down as an advisory they just verbally tell the customer… which of course they immediately forget
I also get weird fails that should not be fails! Like i got a major fail once for an entire chassis they wanted descaled… which i did and then it passed… it just had surface corrosion nothing crazy
I also had a fail on a volvo because the tester didnt like the handbrake lever adjustment even though the parking brake passed the efficiency and balance test…
Its a lottery going for mot 😂
Unless it fell out after mot!!
They said it was making the noise ages before MOT!