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woodwork is not included in mot??

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:55 pm
by irmscher
my local village garage says woodwork is not an mot failure is he correct :-?

Re: woodwork is not included in mot??

Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:40 am
by PSL184
He is correct in that there is no longer a failure code for wood on a vehicle but as the structural integrity of the vehicle relies on the wood I would imagine most testers would bin the failure somewhere else....

Re: woodwork is not included in mot??

Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:04 am
by irmscher
seems madness as in the 70 s :oops: :oops: i was failed all the time on the woodwork and as you say its structural . have you any idea when this came out about the woodwork ?

Re: woodwork is not included in mot??

Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:07 am
by chickenjohn
When the system became "computerised" a few years ago.

I suspect if the wood is really bad and things are about to fall off then they will fail the car due to "insecure this that and the other" or "sharp edges" etc. But in practise it means you can get away for a few years with wood filler and wood stain while you save up for a new side(s) of wood!