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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: alfie on 16 June 2012, 12:57:20
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My daughter corsa just failed it's mot at Halfords in Cardiff,for excessive movement at the top of the front strut.This is a normal feature of a 2 year old corsa,it seems that if it was taken to a vauxhall dealer it would have passed.
Maybe someone should tell Halfrauds about it,they quoted £175 to fix it.
Has anyone else had a poor experience at Halfords.
Alfie.
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Last mot was at halfords and had no problems , some i guess are more picky than others :-\
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Less than 30 thou,4 year old next week,sound as a pound.Me thinks that they are looking for work?.
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My daughter corsa just failed it's mot at Halfords in Cardiff,for excessive movement at the top of the front strut.This is a normal feature of a 2 year old corsa,it seems that if it was taken to a vauxhall dealer it would have passed.
Maybe someone should tell Halfrauds about it,they quoted £175 to fix it.
Has anyone else had a poor experience at Halfords.
Alfie.
This isn't the same halfords that makes money out of fixing cars is it? the scales have fallen from my eyes ???
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2 year old. i thought a car was 3 years of age when it had its first MOT or am I wrong :-\ ???
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2 year old. i thought a car was 3 years of age when it had its first MOT or am I wrong :-\ ???
3 years for first MOT. Alfie's daughter's Corsa is 4 years old. That's how I read it. I think..... ;D ;)
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Hi Opti,you read it right,it's 4 yr old this week,sorry if I was'nt quite clear on this point.A bit of play at the sturt mounting is normal and acceptable on late model corsas,I don't think that the tester had read his notes on this.
This is the downside of opting for a cheap mot,£27.50.I'm taken it to a VX garage monday.
Alfie
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There is an appeals process to follow if you wish ;)
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It does not matter what age the car is, the test should be a fair one across all ages. You can have a look at the MOT testers up to date, DOT 'bible' here;
http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual/contents.htm
Once again.....Why go to Haflords in the first place? They will probably fail you merely to hope they can get more pennies for bits when they repair it at generally more cost (both labour and parts) than a decent local test station repair shop would. Same applies for Quick*hit.....take motors needing a test to a proper test staion and save yourselves the grief. I have not seen one good report yet about them but have seen many complaints about both institutions. Surely you must know other drivers who have had a good service from a local test station and repair shop? If not.....ask around and when you find a good, honest, reliable one stick with it as I have done and do. :y
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The daughter choose to use halfords purely because of the price,not expecting them to fail a 4 year old low mileage car on such a major part.
I expect her to visit this afternoon,it being fathers day,I'll check it over then.
Alfie.
PS If it should have failed on anything it should have been the amount of sweet wrappers and mess in the back seats from the kids.
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If it should have failed on anything it should have been the amount of sweet wrappers and mess in the back seats from the kids.
Firstly, places such as Halfrauds, Kwik-$hit, etc are invariably staffed by semi trained lab rats that (if you are lucky) have nothing more than a basic knowledge of motor vehicle engineering.
Even though it shouldn't have any bearing on the outcome, if the car looks like a shit tip then the tester is already forming an opinion that the car isn't cared for, so if any faults are found that would ordinarilly be an advisory then the tester will more than likely err on the side of caution and fail it instead.
As for the actual reason for failure, you should appeal it as it is well documented.
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I havn't seen the paper work yet,it seems that she will have it retested at a vx dealer.Her current mot runs out tuesday so time is short to muck about,I might try the appeal route if it passes at the vx garage.
Alfie.
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The latest news,It PASSED,with no advisories not even a mention of any play in the strut or anywhere else.And thats from a main stealer.
So be warned give halfords auto centres a wide berth,
Alfie,
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The latest news,It PASSED,with no advisories not even a mention of any play in the strut or anywhere else.And thats from a main stealer.
So be warned give halfords auto centres a wide berth,
Alfie,
Complain to Halfords, though I'm sure their get out clause will be that the strut is a safety item & in the tester's opinion etc etc ....... >:(
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The latest news,It PASSED,with no advisories not even a mention of any play in the strut or anywhere else.And thats from a main stealer.
So be warned give halfords auto centres a wide berth,
Alfie,
Complain to Halfords, though I'm sure their get out clause will be that the strut is a safety item & in the tester's opinion etc etc ....... >:(
I would complain to VOSA myself. If they don't get pulled up on taking the ssip like this they will continue to do so. >:(
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Having said the above, worth complaining to Halfords too, as companies who operate like this tend to work hard to crush any customer complaints, IMHO. You'll probably get the fee refunded if nothing else.
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:y Right on Kevin, its high time that the license to test is withdrawn from outfits such as them because they, by the sheer number of complaints about them, give enough reason for Vosa to act. Come on VOSA DO YOUR JOB RIGHT or is it just that rub my back and I will rub yours is the system which prevails?
VOSA, Please get someone out and have test cars sent through the Hafrauds and Quick*hit test stations just as Which did and uncovered a whole load of tosser garages a few years ago.
VOSA, The public needs to trust you and also these MOT testing centres and they should not be ran purely profit motivated and bonus led! You are letting the public down but I suppose being so called Public Servants it is the way you tend to operate anyway. >:(
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Unless the situation has changed you will now be unable to appeal to VOSA as you have had the car re-tested elsewhere ::)
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Send a snot-o-gram to VOSA and copy it to the manging director of Halfords as well as the local branch manager in question.
May or may not get VOSA to act but should certainly get Halforts piles itching.
ps - Sure I saw a site on the net somewhere last year that gave direct e-mail addresses of all the large and substantial firms out there without it getting spam trapped in middle management.