The law around this was aa clear as the handball rule pre 2018 mate, hence the reason it was changed. Now once your car fails the M.O.T is deemed expired and therefore null and void which it never used to be so it was open to interpretation.
Again, it wasn't, if a vehicle failed a MOT it failed, same as now. There's never been a time you could drive a vehicle after a failed MOT without fixing the defects. Ive explained in my post what happened, a failed new MOT does not cancel the old MOT.
We'll have to agree to disagree on this like.Again, it wasn't, if a vehicle failed a MOT it failed, same as now. There's never been a time you could drive a vehicle after a failed MOT without fixing the defects. Ive explained in my post what happened, a failed new MOT does not cancel the old MOT.
Getting an MOT
When you need an MOT for your vehicle, what it costs, what happens if your vehicle fails, and how to get mistakes on the MOT certificate fixed.www.gov.uk
Is the old MOT certificate still valid if the car fails a Test whilst still 'MOT'd'? - Retail Motor Law
Is the old MOT certificate still valid if the car fails a Test whilst still 'MOT'd'?www.retailmotorlaw.co.uk
Again, it wasn't, if a vehicle failed a MOT it failed, same as now. There's never been a time you could drive a vehicle after a failed MOT without fixing the defects. Ive explained in my post what happened, a failed new MOT does not cancel the old MOT.
Getting an MOT
When you need an MOT for your vehicle, what it costs, what happens if your vehicle fails, and how to get mistakes on the MOT certificate fixed.
Is the old MOT certificate still valid if the car fails a Test whilst still 'MOT'd'? - Retail Motor Law
Is the old MOT certificate still valid if the car fails a Test whilst still 'MOT'd'?
This is what the GOV website used to say in 2014 and suddick mac is correct you could drive it, though you'd run the risk of the police thinking the car was unroadworthy.
web.archive.org
If it passed though you'd only have 11 months MOT?
The bit in bold, UNROADWORTHY. It's still MOT'ed so it was legal to drive as long as the vehicle was roadworthy.This is what the GOV website used to say in 2014 and suddick mac is correct you could drive it, though you'd run the risk of the police thinking the car was unroadworthy.
I actually crashed my car when my MOT had expired without me realising. It was due to sorting mine and relatives out all the time and losing track (I get the reminders now and also have them in my phone). It was the copper who was at the crash scene who asked about the MOT as it had expired a few weeks prior. I thought I was fucked as my insurance would say nee MOT, nee insurance but it wasn't the case. The car only had to be in roadworthy condition and not having an MOT didn't matter with this insurer thankfully and saved me a claim of £1,000s as my car was written off.
Getting an MOT - GOV.UK
If your vehicle fails the test
You’ll get a ‘notification of failure’ from the test centre if your vehicle fails the test. The failure will be recorded in the secure central MOT database.
You can still drive your vehicle if it fails the test and its existing MOT certificate is still valid (ie you got it tested before the expiry date). However, you might be stopped by police and prosecuted if your vehicle is unroadworthy.
If the vehicle fails the test and the certificate has expired, you can only drive it to:
Your vehicle should be retested at the same test centre which did the original test.
- a pre-arranged appointment at a garage to have the repairs done
- a pre-arranged MOT test appointment
I should learn to keep my mouth shut, I'm not very good at explaining things, but I've been repairing and fixing vehicles for the MOT for 30 years.Confused me even more with that sentence marra. Arguing against your own argument aren't yer?
That's what I got done as I had a bit of a clunk on my brakes so suspected something would likely get flagged up
Nah, date of retest.
Thanks mateThis is what the GOV website used to say in 2014 and suddick mac is correct you could drive it, though you'd run the risk of the police thinking the car was unroadworthy.
I actually crashed my car when my MOT had expired without me realising. It was due to sorting mine and relatives out all the time and losing track (I get the reminders now and also have them in my phone). It was the copper who was at the crash scene who asked about the MOT as it had expired a few weeks prior. I thought I was fucked as my insurance would say nee MOT, nee insurance but it wasn't the case. The car only had to be in roadworthy condition and not having an MOT didn't matter with this insurer thankfully and saved me a claim of £1,000s as my car was written off.
Getting an MOT - GOV.UK
If your vehicle fails the test
You’ll get a ‘notification of failure’ from the test centre if your vehicle fails the test. The failure will be recorded in the secure central MOT database.
You can still drive your vehicle if it fails the test and its existing MOT certificate is still valid (ie you got it tested before the expiry date). However, you might be stopped by police and prosecuted if your vehicle is unroadworthy.
If the vehicle fails the test and the certificate has expired, you can only drive it to:
Your vehicle should be retested at the same test centre which did the original test.
- a pre-arranged appointment at a garage to have the repairs done
- a pre-arranged MOT test appointment
If I read right, what you’re saying is that if a car failed it’s MOT before the expiry date, it would still have a valid MOT so you were driving on that certificate, not the failed one?
I know that but nowhere was the word 'legal' mentioned in this thread until now
So taking it in for an MOT a month early will effectively lose you a month
Eh? I see you say you've done car repairs etc for 30 years and I'm nee mechanic but from what I've known for years when taking cars to get tested, you can keep the same renewal date and it's still the same as you can see here. Or is that because it's failed?
What I'm saying if you take a car for a MOT and it fails it's in an unroadworthy condition, It cannot legally be driven on the road, there has never been a case where a failure meant the car could still be driven legally. The car needs to be MOT'ed and in a roadworthy condition, if it's failed the MOT it's not roadworthy.
I was taking the piss if it's passed it doesn't need a retest....Eh? I see you say you've done car repairs etc for 30 years and I'm nee mechanic but from what I've known for years when taking cars to get tested, you can keep the same renewal date and it's still the same as you can see here.
Getting an MOT
When you need an MOT for your vehicle, what it costs, what happens if your vehicle fails, and how to get mistakes on the MOT certificate fixed.
You can get an MOT up to a month (minus a day) before it runs out and keep the same renewal date.
Example
If your MOT runs out on 15 May, the earliest you can get an MOT to keep the same renewal date for next year is 16 April.
You can get an MOT earlier, but the renewal date for the following year will change to one year (minus a day) from the date the vehicle last passed its MOT.
Example
Your MOT is due to run out on 15 May, so the earliest you can get it done is 16 April. However, you take your vehicle for its MOT on 14 April and it passes. This means that the MOT expiry date changes to 13 April the following year.
No you gain a month if it passes.
You sure it was the dog and not your lass' teeth?
www.readytogo.net
Didnt know that , thought you still had until your expiry . Wont be getting mine done early again
Get it replaced, only going to get worse over time and maybe cause an incident. I'm a HGV driver, and I'm told anything you notice is a fail, they get the glue man out to fix it, but screen is replaced prior to MOT. Sure, it's the same with cars, depends on where you take it. Keep away from Kwik-Fit or Halfords etc
