Staffordshire Police recently stopped a W211 Mercedes E220 CDI on the M6 at Junction 12 in Staffordshire, which had an odometer reading of 753,186 miles. Despite the owner’s assertion that the vehicle was “well maintained,” officers from the Staffordshire Road Crime Team identified several defects.
As a result, a PG9 prohibition notice was issued. This notice legally bans the car from public roads until the defects are rectified and the notice is lifted, which will require a full MOT retest.
A Staffordshire Police spokesman confirmed the details, highlighting the contrast between the vehicle’s high mileage and the discovered issues that led to its prohibition.
Source: Stoke Sentinel
Rosie
This car belongs to a dear friend of mine. He was literally driving to a pre-arranged appointment at the workshop he uses near Birmingham around 30 minutes away from where he was stopped to have the part of the car that attracted the attention of the police replaced with parts he had already purchased. (Someone had dented the drivers’ door the previous week.) Within four hours of this ‘incident’, with his Mercedes in the layby where he was stopped, immobilised by a steel cable device the police had put on it, whilst he was hiring a car to be able to decant the valuables he had been carrying in the back of the Mercedes into, and trying to arrange a recovery vehicle to collect it, the Mercedes was stolen. This must have been via some form of trailer because it could not be driven. He reported it to the police who could not care less and then he received demands for him to return the cable they put on it!!! My friend has driven around 2,000 miles a week for decades – the last few in this Mercedes which he has had from new and which has been maintained regularly. It was an incredibly valuable tool of his trade and whilst its sale value would have been next to nothing, the value to him was equivalent to tens of thousands of pounds. He’s in his seventies (fit and healthy) and extremely upset.
Steve Baker
A dented door would not make the most over-enthusiastic police officer call the car as defective for road use. There must have been other issues.
Terry
Not really a good story and very vague. Which model, what year and what defects etc etc This is lazy copy journalism.
Adam Lane
Hi Terry, thanks for your comment. Sadly some of that info wasn’t in the original story either – https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/m6-police-pull-over-mercedes-10267102
Rosie
It was because the dented (drivers’) door was jammed partially open and further secured with cords so the police argued that he would not be able to get out of it in an emergency. There is some rust on the bodywork but it was being gradually dealt with and hadn’t failed its MOT.
Rosie
I can’t recall what model it is but it’s about 30 years old. The defect was that the dented (drivers’) door was jammed partially open and further secured with cords so the police argued that he would not be able to get out of it in an emergency. There is some rust on the bodywork but it was being gradually dealt with and hadn’t failed its MOT.