Your MOT success rates

[sierraman]

Sometimes a test fail is the icing on the cake. So let’s assume on old Focus wants something like a trailing arm bush and a lower arm but in the course of the test you can see the rear mounts are very crusty, most of the brake pipes are pass and advise and the engine is burning oil then the bigger picture is ‘fuckin scrap it m8’

[Drumtochty]

It appears that MOT testers are scared if the do not put some sort of comment about rust that is not realy there they will be picked up for not doing enough advisories.

[Sham]

I have about an 85 ish % pass rate over the 33 years that I've been driving. Only once was it bad enough to not repair. I have scrapped or sold a few just prior to an MoT, which I'm fairly sure is unrelated....

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, Drumtochty said:

It appears that MOT testers are scared if the do not put some sort of comment about rust that is not realy there they will be picked up for not doing enough advisories.

I had an advisory about a rusty subframe on my car 5 years ago. The last 4 MOTs have been at a different place and it’s not been mentioned once.

[Bmwdumptruck]

My cars and vans generally pass without too many advisories.   My 99 T4 based moho just passed with just a verbal ‘it’s got a small oil leak mate’. It just left a small spot under the lift by the time it was reversed out.  But then I generally keep a fair eye on them all, and like the moho, fix things before I go. Fitted a new tail pipe for this mot on the moho.  
But my lads old Fabia was dire, pretty much every year it had a list of stuff. Suspension rubbers, shocks, springs, brakes, brakes and more brakes.  A mix of not getting chance to keep an eye on and couldn’t be bothered to keep an eye on it as the lad didn’t give two sh1ts about it.  Considering it was his only possession of any real value and purpose, he just used and abused it until it died.  We tried to resurrect it, but failed and by then he’d got a ban on its way and had no money to reinsure it so we sent it to scrap. Highly unlikely he’ll be driving again for a good few years I reckon. I’ve no desire to find him something and as he’s not working, not earning and now living miles away in Wales we can’t help even if we wanted too.  

[23rdian]

You know what's brilliant? When you buy a cheap shed, chuck it in for MOT intending never to see that £45 quid again and it passes. Always with advisories obviously but a pass is a pass.

[Urko]

I have about a 20% pass at first go rate I reckon.

My most recent was a spectacular fail on all the Disco 3 suspension parts that were advisory last time - but for added shame, the rear ARB wasn't connected on one side at the drop link had snapped off.

Over the years I have had loads of self-curing advisories, even at the same place some times.

[EyesWeldedShut]

On 05/09/2022 at 11:23, vaughant said:

my Berlingo horn broke as I left the mot centre.

My only MOT failure since 2010 was our Berlingo - failed on the horn. My bad for not checking.
Took it home and hit the thing - cured it. Passed the retest....
Prior to 2010 - one fail - 2008 - on a Mitsubishi Spacewagon (number plate light out - again, my bad).
One fail each in the 1990s on my Ser 2a LandRover (noisy wheel bearing) and Range Rover (welding EVERYWHERE)

Less good on the donkey pantechnicons - Bedford TK and TL - both would fail on foundation brakes on alternate years no matter how we adjusted them - seemed to be a TADTS.

Testers here all seem to be pretty fair tbh - they set an advisory I always take it as 'best fix that matey'

[Drumtochty]

7 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

I had an advisory about a rusty subframe on my car 5 years ago. The last 4 MOTs have been at a different place and it’s not been mentioned once.

Agree, it is a bit of a lottery which adisory is the favoutite that day or week.

[ProgRocker]

100% so far on the Hyundai (last one had advisories on the brakes). 

Around 85% on the previous car - Nissan Almera diesel. First fail was on the infamous front cross member and there was another towards the end of my time with it but I forgot what that one was. Brakes maybe.