mick the builder

Well-Known Member

• May 26, 2019

• #1

My landies due a doe in the coming week and i think the test is pretty much the same as the uk mot so i was wondering if you have electric seats fitted, do they have to be wired up and working. I.e do they have to move?

 

kevstar

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Full Member

• May 26, 2019

• #2

Electric seats are not tested as part of the uk mot

 

tottot

Well-Known Member

• May 26, 2019

• #3

Mine has the usual manual seat adjustment and I have never seen an MOT man check it.

 

saxavordian

Well-Known Member

• May 26, 2019

• #4

I think they would flag if the seating was unstable enough that the seatbelt become ineffective causing a safety issue.

 

kermit_rr

Very

Full Member

• May 26, 2019

• #5

Every mot I've been to, the tester always pages the seat right back because i have short legs! Series seats don't move at all so I'm sure you'll be fine

 

mick the builder

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• May 26, 2019

• #6

Thanks guys, lets hope i dont get a vertically challenged tester.

 

Ironstrike

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• May 27, 2019

• #7

I dont think it will be a problem unless you get some hair brained tester who comes up with some sort of a safety hazzard scenario. It always depends on the tester. There is a tester in Clondalkin who hates Land Rovers and will hang off you truck with a crow bar just looking for an excuse to fail you. Story has it that he missed something on a Land Rover once that later caused over 50k worth of damage in an accident and it all came back on him.

 

Oldseadog

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• May 27, 2019

• #8

The seats must be secured in such a way that they do not fly forward in the event of a sudden stop, which includes the rear of the seat lifting.
This is why the older seats have a pair of short bars which drops into restraints on each side of the frame, and also has a couplpe of short rods which locate into holes in the rear of the seat frame