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[v6coop]

I assume that if I put a car in for an MOT a month early and it fails I am not allowed to drive it even though there is still a month left on the old ticket. Not happened yet but I suspect it will need new brake disks and wanted to do it in my own time over the coming month not take the car off the road to put it right.

[Kevin Wood]

Nope. If the original MOT hasn't expired the fact that it has failed doesn't cancel it. You'd be unwise to drive it if it had failed and they warned you that it was dangerous to drive, but you can still legally drive it until the MOT that's in force has expired.

Kevin

[TheBoy]

OK to drive until it expires, unless they give you a special notice that they deem it dangerous.

[Lazydocker]

In theory the fail will over rule the current MOT but in reality it is as above!

[v6coop]

Thanks guys. Think I might as well stick it in and see what happens.

[michael.d.s.]

anpr will still show a valid mot against the vehicle  

[Markjay]

I don't usually disagree with Kevin Woods and TheBoy, but....

When my other car failed due to smearing windscreen wipers, MOT guy told me this is a fail even though the MOT still has two weeks to run.... MOT guy says I should not be driving the car until I fixed it and came back to him (which I did on the same day).


They log these things on computers these days, would be interesting to know what would have happed if I ran over someone in the rain....? Surely the Police would have picked-up on this through the DVLA computer?

[PaulW]

Aye, if you MOT it a month before the expiry and it fails, you *can't* drive it no more, due to the nature in which the new computerised MOT system works.

That will log a fail with VOSA/DVLA, and consequently void the current MOT.

[Markjay]

Aye, if you MOT it a month before the expiry and it fails, you *can't* drive it no more, due to the nature in which the new computerised MOT system works.

That will log a fail with VOSA/DVLA, and consequently void the current MOT.

That's what I thought....  

[Danny]

I was told by the MOT garage when my corsa failed last month on dangerous handbrake cables that it's advised to not use again til repaired but the current MOT with 3 weeks left on will keep the car road legal

[Peter H]

There is a lot of confusion over this even in the trade.

The simple fact is...

If you get tugged you have a MOT certificate that is valid, you can buy a tax disc etc.

HOWEVER if the car is put through the DVLA's computer it will show a fail.  

My V6 Vectra SRi failed on emmisions with 4 weeks to run on the ticket and the fact was entered on the system, ergo the current MOT has been invalidated.

To be honest I would get anything 'fail' worth fixed anyway, regardless of the time the old MOT is still valid.

While I am on the subject, all the fun has been taken out of MOT's these days, in the old days it was fun haggaling for your MOT, promising to get the sills welded up over the weekend if only he'd give the ticket now (so you stay mobile)!

[Peter H]

You can of course legally drive anything to and from a pre-booked MOT with insurance but no Tax or MOT.

It'd be Catch-22 otherwise!

[Kevin Wood]

Hmm.   I can't really see the point of having a facility to test up to a month early if you're still going to get stuffed with no transport if it fails.

I know I would carry on driving the car. As long as I have a piece of paper to produce as evidence that I have an MOT I'd be surprised if I can be pulled up on it, TBH.

Different story if it's a safety related failure, of course. Having an MOT is no defence against the construction and use regs. I can understand ANPR maybe pulling cars that have a recent fail on the records if it's recorded as being unsafe to drive.

However, say I fail on a split steering rack gaiter then drive it around for a day or two, repair it and get it re-tested. The car's not dangerous with a split gaiter and it's not going to get dangerous in a couple more days (or a month, even). Seems a bit unreasonable to me.

Kevin

[Peter H]

Hmm.   I can't really see the point of having a facility to test up to a month early if you're still going to get stuffed with no transport if it fails.

I know I would carry on driving the car. As long as I have a piece of paper to produce as evidence that I have an MOT I'd be surprised if I can be pulled up on it, TBH.

Different story if it's a safety related failure, of course. Having an MOT is no defence against the construction and use regs. I can understand ANPR maybe pulling cars that have a recent fail on the records if it's recorded as being unsafe to drive.

However, say I fail on a split steering rack gaiter then drive it around for a day or two, repair it and get it re-tested. The car's not dangerous with a split gaiter and it's not going to get dangerous in a couple more days (or a month, even). Seems a bit unreasonable to me.

Kevin

A bit unreasonable is right, I failed over a car park sticker, next to the tax disc but within the sweep of the blade, moved it to an area outside the blade but now more of a visual obstruction, and it passes!

It is now back down by the taxdisc at the bottom of the screen!