Large Number Of MOT Failures Even Before New Tests
Friday, 8. June 2018
If you’re a regular reader of my blog you’ll know that the MOT test has just changed making it a lot tougher for cars with diesel engines to get through. Even a whiff of smoke from the exhaust will, in future, be enough for the tester to fail the car if the car is diesel fitted with a DPF.
I won’t go through all the new regulations as I covered those a few weeks ago. However, latest statistics from the Diver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) showed that over 35% of vehicles failed their MOT test in the financial year 2016/7.
The reasons were quite interesting as follows:
| Area Of Car | % With
Defects |
| Lights and Indicators | 30% |
| Suspension | 19% |
| Brakes | 17% |
| Tyres & Wheels | 12% |
| Obscured View Of Road | 9% |
| Fuel & Exhaust | 6% |
| Steering | 3% |
| Body & Structure | 2% |
| Seatbelts | 2% |
| Numberplates | 1% |
So there you have it. The areas you should pay special attention to. By Graham Hill
