Dodgy mot

ciderman · May 31, 2014

Hi, what should I do, I have just picked up a "good working order" land rover with a 2 week old MOT. Looking over in the morning we find 9 separate MOT fails on welding alone, 1 brake, and 1 tyres rubbing on body.
The Cab is wobbling about and can be lifted off the chassis. Ok, I should have walked away. What advice can anyone give me? The MOT is obviously dodgy, will VOSA impound the vehicle if I report it?

jamesmartin · May 31, 2014

take it back and inform them you will do

fanatic · May 31, 2014

jamesmartin said:
take it back and inform them you will do

Agreed

davebeccles · May 31, 2014

Take it back and challenge the MOT. If they completed it themselves suggest all work is completed at their cost. If completed by a third party demand your money back and then report.

ciderman · May 31, 2014

Erm, they have said they won't take it back and will not talk to me, put the phone down.
Damn.

Dragonwalker · May 31, 2014

ciderman said:
Erm, they have said they won't take it back and will not talk to me, put the phone down.
Damn.

Trading Standards.

Read the thread on this forum - http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f16/buying-crock-****-if-you-already-have-76002.html

samc88 · May 31, 2014

Did you get it off a dealer or a private sale?

blue beasty · May 31, 2014

Far too many obviously dodgy mots around

It's gonna kill some poor unsuspecting folk one day.

blackdog1 · May 31, 2014

Report it.

honolulujoe · May 31, 2014

I would report and get it inspected then let vosa/dvla sort em out

Silverlandy · May 31, 2014

ciderman said:
Erm, they have said they won't take it back and will not talk to me, put the phone down.
Damn.

how rude! Don't let them get away with that. Keep us posted on developments!

ciderman · May 31, 2014

Ok, booked in for MOT at 2pm Monday................

fanatic · Jun 1, 2014

CAB, trading Standards and vosa

Thor1950 · Jun 1, 2014

ciderman said:
Erm, they have said they won't take it back and will not talk to me, put the phone down.
Damn.

private sale or dealer?

ciderman · Jun 3, 2014

I know this isn't usual but this is what to do:
"If you think your car has passed incorrectly

Contact your local DVSA office as soon as possible - you can find the address from your MOT test station or by calling 0300 123 9000. Find out about call charges.

If your complaint is accepted, youll get an appointment within 5 working days to recheck your vehicle for free as long as:
no more than 3 months has passed since the MOT test if its a corrosion-related problem
no more than 28 days has passed for other defects

Youll get an inspection report listing any vehicle defects and advisory items."
If you want to appeal against a refusal to issue an MOT certificate,you get a VT17 form from the DVSA. Most garages I am told would rather come to a compromise than have DVSA (was VOSA until April 2014) crawling over them....

warrior · Jun 3, 2014

Wife's friend bout a car with a dodgy mot and dangerous at that, vosa got involved garage got a telling off guy that sold it got away with it, she had to scrap the car and lost all her savings and the car,

Name and shame the person selling it and the mot test station

SmileySteve · Jun 3, 2014

Its gutting that people get caught out by these goons, its not just the money its the safety aspect and the feeling of being duped and robbed.
Definitely take it further, hope you get it sorted, please keep us all posted

honolulujoe · Jun 3, 2014

warrior said:
Wife's friend bout a car with a dodgy mot and dangerous at that, vosa got involved garage got a telling off guy that sold it got away with it,

sounds just about standard these days, seems no one has the back bone to stamp these crooks into the ground, should be a big fine and a spell in jail imho

ciderman · Jun 4, 2014

The MOT place collected the land rover yesterday on a transporter.

mtkmarc · Jun 4, 2014

report the garage

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