Came into force in 2001 apparently as various Renaults had a fault where the steering lock would engage while on the move
So an EU regulation enforced on our MOT test!
What's annoying is it's supposed to be from September 2001... the vehicle was first registered in November 2001
Barrel pops out as it should do, I think it's the actual physical column locking mechanism that the barrel acts on.
Just been reading on various MOT forums via a Google search and it appears that if the vehicle has alternate methods of immobilisation then should the steering lock not function (as long as it isn't impeding the steering function) then it will pass an MOT, well this car has a factory immobiliser - well it has a chip in the key, the immobiliser ring and module and wires plugged in it so i'm pretty convinced it has so i'm going to challenge that failure point.
Should add, none of my Omega's have ever failed on this and I don't think they have ever been tested for this failure (I also know that they all work anyway), this Corsa has been taken to a different MOT station to my Omega's due to time.