Get rid of your HIDs before May boys n girls

[ashtons99]

New MOT rules coming into force in May will make it a major fail if HIDs are fitted into headlamps. Also the engine management light will be part of the MOT, if it’s lit it will be a major fail.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...nspection-manual-and-in-service-emission-data

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

Struggling to see where it says they are a instant/major fail

New version draft

I’m no mot tester but that’s just saying to me, if you have levelling and cleaning available it must work

 

[Short Norman]

What's a major fail, I thought a fail was a fail

 

[bloke]

What's a major fail, I thought a fail was a fail

instant fail, advisory being replaced with minor fail to be rectified within three months.

 

[danward]

The EML light one is surprising!

 

[Short Norman]

The EML light one is surprising!

Sales of cheap diagnostic machines will go through the roof.

Turn EML off, take car for test, EML comes back on over the next few days.

 

[ashtons99]

It doesn’t always work like that though does it. Very often the fault will just throw back up when you’ve turned the engine off and back on again

 

[danward]

Sales of cheap diagnostic machines will go through the roof.

Turn EML off, take car for test, EML comes back on over the next few days.

For people that have a little knowledge of this type of thing, that will definitely be the work around. But the vast majority won't have a clue, and their MOTs just got a whole lot more expensive having to fix the problems causing the EML light (not that I think its a bad idea at all - just surprising!).

 

[masekwm]

instant fail, advisory being replaced with minor fail to be rectified within three months.

Who's checking in 3 months though?

 

[White16valver]

I thought it was already an MOT fail if the EML or any other warning light on the dash did not extinguish following start up?

The HID fail has been a fail for a while too, I thought? Either way, the draft version posted above contains the text that refers to it: "It is not permitted to convert existing halogen headlamp units for use with HID bulbs."

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Riding around London on a bike you'd be amazed how many people there are driving around in a car with the EML on.

 

[STEVE.M]

Head light washers have to work, nothing new there, though I did fix them last year, I`ve had a pass for the last 3 years previous to that.

 

[bloke]

Who's checking in 3 months though?

imagine it will just come up the next time it's in for mot?

I thought it was already an MOT fail if the EML or any other warning light on the dash did not extinguish following start up?

The HID fail has been a fail for a while too, I thought? Either way, the draft version posted above contains the text that refers to it: "It is not permitted to convert existing halogen headlamp units for use with HID bulbs."

eml was meant to be a fail but it never happened, don't even think it's p&a either at the mo? air bag, abs lights etc are a fail but non illuminating air bag light is only p&a though.

 

[White16valver]

Just noticed we already have a thread running on this subject... :tonguewink:
https://www.cliosport.net/threads/mot-to-change-again.815091/