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NovaGTE2

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13th Mar 12 at 10:16

I put my Nissa Almera Tino through its MOT last week and it failed on parking brake efficiency; I had a look on the net and looked at adjusting it; but the car is fitted with a self adjustment system. I then popped up to see a local garage i know quite well and he told me it shouldnt have failed as the MOT system states on these cars and a few others that the car's rear needs to have weight into test. Basically the handbrake holds fine but when you are driving and pull up the handbrake it doesnt lock the wheels due to this system which is fitted.

Does anyone have any experience with these system's; I have now taken it elsewhere and they have taken this into account and passed with no advisories. Apparentley this alert is shown to the MOT tester when you put in the reg?!!?

Is this the case; if so i am going to try and get my £50 back from its first MOT?

VegasPhil

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13th Mar 12 at 10:23

I'd be claiming for that. Won't they just say why didn't you come back to us before?

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rossnomore

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13th Mar 12 at 10:30

Shouldve taken it back, you get a free retest within 2 weeks anyway

NovaGTE2

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13th Mar 12 at 10:36

Apparently someone else has had the same problem with them on a Kia and they kept failing it on the re-test; the MOT had expired and its a pain in the arse with only one car so initially just wanted it back on the road asap

[Edited on 13-03-2012 by NovaGTE2]

Steve

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13th Mar 12 at 10:47

never heard of that handbrake system before

andy_mk3

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13th Mar 12 at 11:17

Me neither, heard of it on the footbrake which is quite common, but a very pointless feature on a handbrake isn't it?!

antnee

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13th Mar 12 at 12:18

So you can't do handbrake turns?

NovaGTE2

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13th Mar 12 at 12:21

You wouldn't want to; the thing would topple over your up so high!

Ian

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13th Mar 12 at 12:39

More to the point, why are you paying £50 for an MOT.

Sean

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13th Mar 12 at 17:11

Usually says on the mot test sheet if something needs checking in a different way or can't be tested in the rolling brake tester. Ian, we charge £54.95 an mot

pow

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13th Mar 12 at 17:19

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
More to the point, why are you paying £50 for an MOT.

Going rate down south

NovaGTE2

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13th Mar 12 at 17:23

quote:
Originally posted by Sean
Usually says on the mot test sheet if something needs checking in a different way or can't be tested in the rolling brake tester. Ian, we charge £54.95 an mot

Would you be able to see if it does with my reg? Its WU05XWH

mattk

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13th Mar 12 at 17:40

quote:
Originally posted by pow

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
More to the point, why are you paying £50 for an MOT.

Going rate down south

can get a ten bed house for that up here

harrisp

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13th Mar 12 at 17:49

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
More to the point, why are you paying £50 for an MOT.

A £50 MOT here is a definite pass MOT

NovaGTE2

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14th Mar 12 at 12:36

Can anyone punch the reg into an MOT system for me to see if anything comes up regarding checking different

Sean

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14th Mar 12 at 12:50

Doubt you can mate, you also need the last 6 digits of the vin and to actually print out the sheet which takes up an mot slot.

ryan.knox

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14th Mar 12 at 13:01

50 poiund for a mot! at my work and around my area they are either 30 pound or 35! haha!

NovaGTE2

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14th Mar 12 at 14:02

quote:
Originally posted by Sean
Doubt you can mate, you also need the last 6 digits of the vin and to actually print out the sheet which takes up an mot slot.

Ok mate thanks anyway; i will just pop in and see them was just hoping to take something with me to show them

Sean

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14th Mar 12 at 16:15

ask to see the test sheet mate.

andy_mk3

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14th Mar 12 at 23:26

Yeah ask to see the VT40 which will have any specific test instructions for the vehicle printed on it.

brebaz

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14th Mar 12 at 23:50

quote:
Originally posted by harrisp

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
More to the point, why are you paying £50 for an MOT.

A £50 MOT here is a definite pass MOT

A few pints will get you a pass here

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15th Mar 12 at 08:21

If you pre book online with somewhere like Halfords or Kwik Fit you will only pay about half that.

Steve

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15th Mar 12 at 08:23

but then get charged 3 times that when they tell you your brakes need changing

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