airbag light and mot.

[PBCup]

Got an omp steering wheel and ive removed the standard seats so as you'd expect the airbag and serv lights are on.

Id read that having lights on is now an mot failure.

So ive simply broken the lights. Sounds a bit stupid I know but its just a cheap high mileage track car so im not bothered about stuff like that working.

Anyway my question is, will it pass an mot?

 

[750gixer]

Quick reply is NO! If the vehicle is equipped with the waning light and airbags as standard, the light must illuminate when the ignition is switched on and then extinguish a few seconds after! Easier way would have been to put a resistor across the wires. There's a topic on this elsewhere on the forum!

 

[w33 brl]

they changed the mot stuff on the 20th of march again some stuff was removed, i know abs lights on doesnt fail a mot not sure about airbag, might be worth a search on vosa to find out

 

[Filippo]

Anyone got to the bottom of this?

 

[JoshOm3]

It is in truth a failure.

 

[Brooky182]

My car passed with airbag light on. Just is stated as an advisory

 

[ben lee]

its now a failure it needs to light up run through its self checks and go out to pass an mot.

 

[PBCup]

It passed on airbag light.

 

[Adam182]

I have an airbag and serv light showing up, tried the wires under the seat fix and still no dice. I had a look at the airbag ECU and there was a little bit of old liquid kicking about but it didnt appear to have reached all the way into the ECU so i just cleaned it up and left it. Got my MOT tomorrow so ill let you guys know how it goes...

- Adam

 

[Skeeter]

Airbag light being on is a failure as of Jan 1st 2013. I know, mine failed yesterday.

Removing the bulb is not a solution as, as people have said, it needs to illuminate and then go off.

If your car passes without a bulb, or with the airbag light on, then your MOT tester is not doing his job properly

 

[James28]

I made a guide on how to turn it off with resistors for both seats and steering wheel in the guides section.