Does an MOT fail invalidate an existing certificate?

[Spiny Norman]

Apologies if this has been asked before but like the title says, if I take my car for an MOT a month before the old certificate expires and it fails, does that invalidate the existing MOT, which still has 4 weeks to run?

I'd always thought that was why you got the one month before the certificate expired, so you could arrange to sort out any problems, but I've heard that recently with everything being computerised etc, that if the car fails an MOT it'll automatically flag up on Plod's ANPR cameras as not having an MOT and you'll get done regardless of there still being a few weeks still to run on the existing certificate, possibly even invalidating the insurance too.

 

Anyone know for sure what the deal is with this please?

[cobblers]

Nope, it's still valid. However, the vehicle still needs to be "safe" to use, for example If it fails on dodgy brakes, and 3 days after you smash it into a bus full of nuns, the fact that you knew the brakes were dodgy will no doubt be brought up in court.

 

 

I always go for an MOT about a month early, If the car passes, you get the extra added on (Giving you up to 13 months)

 

If you take the car more than a month early, this rule doesn't count for some reason and you only get 12.

[Spiny Norman]

Cheers dude.

After I posted that I went and had a dig around on other car forums and you've just said in one concise sentence what it took Pistonheads about 10 pages to say.

[Albert Ross]

Cheers dude.

After I posted that I went and had a dig around on other car forums and you've just said in one concise sentence what it took Pistonheads about210 pages to say.

[e287yba]

... if the car fails an MOT it'll automatically flag up on Plod's ANPR cameras as not having an MOT and you'll get done regardless of there still being a few weeks still to run on the existing certificate, possibly even invalidating the insurance too. ...

 

Don't overestimate the efficiency of plod's ANPR system. Their in-car ANPR runs off a copy of the database that will have been downloaded a few minutes ago, or maybe several days ago - who can tell?

 

Policing by database is not as good, efficient or effective a way to police as the propoganda says it is . If a failed MoT invalidated the old one (and it doesn't, as posted above ) then you'd probably be OK for several days anyway... it's certainly NOT instantaneous updates.

[garbaldy]

I had an mot done today so asked this very question, as per answers above tester bloke said if you get it done early then you are still legal to drive right upto the date it expires, wonder if police would see it that way though

 

on a lighter note i am over 3 weeks early getting my mot but i forgot to take my old mot in kicked myself but never the less thought nothing of it untill i got home and had a quick read, the nice vosa computer has spat out a test certificate with nearly 13 months mot, so it looks like its added on nowadays without showing the old one

[myglaren]

I had an mot done today so asked this very question, as per answers above tester bloke said if you get it done early then you are still legal to drive right upto the date it expires, wonder if police would see it that way though

 

on a ligher note i am over 3 weeks early getting my mot but i forgot to take my old mot in kicked myself but never the less thought nothing of it untill i got home and had a quick read, the nice vosa computer has spat out a test certificate with nearly 13 months mot, so it looks like its added on nowadays without showing the old one

 

Yes, this is true. You don't need to show the previous certificate any more.

[cobblers]

Don't overestimate the efficiency of plod's ANPR system.

 

My pals brother (a copper) jokes about it usually being weeks out of date.