Had my 182 MOT'd Today - Advisory's all owners should take note of ??!

[cliolou]

Ok, I can understand the air bag light being on ...

But the others ...

LOL

Do we need to contact Renault about their design fault :S

 

[Fred@BTM]

hahahaha as if they put that down as advisory! they'd have a laugh with a clio V6

Clio V6

Advisory

"can't see f**k all"

 

[Sash]

Never ever in YEARS of clio ownership have these ever been advisories!

Gawd knows why they've been put on yours as such!

 

[Alastair.]

Up the tester to put those advisorys down, i wouldnt because im lazy .

I do put down an advisory if i cant see brake pads because of wheel trims fitted etc as your not aloud to remove them.

 

[marinemackay2003]

where did you get the test done ?

 

[Dan1587]

What engine components do they need to see?

 

[Duffman_172]

Well that is a new one to........well........most of us I would say lol

 

[gti6steve]

That's a new one on me lol

 

[Fred@BTM]

you're supposed to check for oil leaks yada yada yada, but if engine covers are in place then you can't check, therefore its a pass, technically the tester in this case is correct but he's also being very anal!

 

[Dan1587]

Like Ali said, I guess if you can't see them, then they can advise it due to not being able to remove them.

Just covering his own ass I think.

 

[djjonnibgood]

Out of curiosity, how much are MOTs these days?

 

[Alastair.]

£25-£56

 

[Dan1587]

£25-£56

Why such a big difference in prices? Does it depend on the garage?

 

[Alastair.]

Why such a big difference in prices? Does it depend on the garage?

Dealers normally charge full wack

Back street £25-£35

 

[Dan1587]

Dealers normally charge full wack

Back street £25-£35

I found with some that are really cheap, are extremely picky, hoping to get your money elsewhere I guess.

 

[ben lee]

being picky lol probably a new tester.

at the moment we charge £30.

£54.85 is the max anyone is allowed to charge and can not charge vat on an mot.

 

[loz_m]

Tell me about it had the same issue at the beginning of the month. My thoughts are it was designed like that from the manufacturer so how can that be an advisory? There will be a lot of cars getting the same as most modern cars have undertrays...

 

[Ian_R]

The best impartial place to take your car is a council depot test centre, they charge the full whack (well in Edinburgh they do) but they dont have any incentive to fail your car etc as they can not carry out the repair. so they can only test it.

 

[J.B.]

Air bag light is advisory?! I thought it was a fail now? Awesome, I don't need to get it fixed.

 

[James23]

Last year I had an advisory for my seat belt clips not having the black plastic casing round them.

 

[Revels]

This is a great idea.

I'm going to get a car cover. Advisory - Can't see the car

 

[magic36]

This is a great idea.

I'm going to get a car cover. Advisory - Can't see the car

:lolup: Genius!

 

[Knuckles]

hahahaha as if they put that down as advisory! they'd have a laugh with a clio V6

Clio V6

Advisory

"can't see f**k all"

'sorry mate, but your car hasn't got an engine... look under the bonnet!'

 

[plymcl172]

anal tester, take it somewhere else !

 

[Spooky]

As of April, if the air bag light is present it will fail an MOT...

 

[SB172]

Probably a newly certified tester. or possibly one that is expecting to be audited shortly because of the change in documents/systems & rules....I wouldn't worry too much about it

 

[J.B.]

As of April, if the air bag light is present it will fail an MOT...

Bugger.

 

[Martin.]

I had the same advisories too. I asked the guy, apparently there are many new rules for MOTs, he said it was a pass, but he just put that down to cover his back because he couldn't actually check what he needed too.

 

[pastieman]

f**k me really I don't even advise that on a porsche, r8 etc..... That Is being silly lol

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Lol I had the exact same thing with the undertray on my ph1, I put it down to the guy being pissed off he couldn't find a thing wrong with an 11 year old Renault.

 

[chris_cup]

I've seen one where there was an advisory for a side skirt covering a sill (can't remember the exact wording)

TBH I do this a lot at work, (electrical servicing etc) because at the end of the day, if I'm putting my name on a legal document I want to be sh!t hot.

 

[bearne1]

Unbelievable.

Remember my old Ax GT cabriolet got advisory for 'chassis flex', hardly surprising considering they were made of paper.

Have had some major MOT failures in the past, anyone got any classics?