MOT test stations across the country are continue to report dangerous vehicle faults and DIY repairs.
To highlight the importance of the MOT and the good work carried out by Authorised Examiners, GW is calling on independent garages to send in their MOT horror stories, pictures and videos to help expose the nation’s hidden dangers that threaten lives on our roads.
The examples below, submitted to the DfT, illustrates that the annual test is just as relevant today as it always has been.
Leave a comment below with your MOT horror story and send your pictures and videos to GW on facebook, twitter or by email.
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- How not to fit a towbar: Modified towbar found on a Nissan Micra.
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- Low mileage doesn’t guarantee safety: Found on a Ford Fiesta with just 43,000 miles.
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- DIY mechanic forgets to put bolts back on.
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- ‘Nothing wrong with that,’ customer says: Found on a BMW e30.
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- This Ford KA originally failed its MOT for corrosion but the customer soon returned with this DIY after getting to work with some filler in and silver gaffer tape.
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- ‘Unusual brake pedal vibration’, customer says: Found on a 2002 Ford Fiesta.
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We see this day in and day out. You have to force some people to maintain their cars/vans to a certain level.
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We see this day in and day out. You have to force some people to maintain their cars/vans to a certain level.