if a car is put in for an mot at Station one & fails, & it is subsequently put in to station two for a test , will the details of the fail at station one show up on the computer or does the second examiner have no info on the first test?

Would it make any difference? The car could be repaired by the time it reaches the next MOT station, so it would make no odds.

take it back to Station 1 for a free Re-test if within 1week of original test :)

no, the info is not passed as far as I know. I've had a car Mot'd at 2 differnt stations and the items it failed on at the first mot station were completly different to what the 2nd mot station failed it on. Both Testers picked up diferent faults, and neither found the same faults. :rofl: :headvswal

One of the lads from work took his Pulsar to a Council run test centre and they failed it for exhaust noise. He got all the other work required done and got it retested elsewhere, making sure that they wouldnt fail it for the exhaust noise before he left it with them.

 

Cost him an extra £50 but saved him having to get a new exhaust :)

I know since its been computerised you can call up your MOT history for the past few years inc reason for failure etc but wether this info flashes up in MOT stations I do not know.

Am really wanting to know if I can 'get away with' car failing at one garage & passing at another. It's not my z32, it's a car with a specific weakness & I want to mot it then flog it. If I take it to a make-specific specialist it will fail but another garage may not spot it!

mot station cannot check on previous fails at other stations,they could print a duplicate of previous mot paperwork but they need the vehicles v5 document to do this. if it is a specific fault found on one particular model it may be brought to testers attention anyway, there's a section on testers checklist which points out unusual problems and also some manufactureres wear limits on certain items.

 

what is actual problem with car lammypie.

It's a saab 900- crack on bulkhead which needs welding- probably a £200 job but i want rid of car as I have z32 & s13 ( 200sx) so no need for it.

hmmm how visible is it and it also depends on exactly where crack is needs to be within 30cm of steering , brake or suspension mounting points to be a fail

A saab specialist pointed it out to me but you have to know what you're looking for! Hope that a Mot centre might not spot it unless they are aware of this model weakness.