cherrycrush
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Hello,
I had my first MOT test of my Grande Punto today (2007, 1.2, Active), and I failed it with "Parking brake: efficiency below requirements [3.7.B.7]". As I don't know much about these problems and it's my first time doing that, do you know what may have caused that problem and roughly what amount of money it would take to repair it? They told me to go tomorrow so they can put it apart to check what the problem is and give me a quote, but I'm a bit preoccupied as it happened to me to change a camshaft pulley last April, and the garage lied to me about the cost, taking almost twice as much money than initially discussed (probably because they saw I'm a girl and I don't understand much, so they took advantage of that and the fact I had to send someone to collect my car because I was working that day... I'm not visiting that garage ever again). While I don't want to pay for MOT again, I believe I would prefer it in case they give me too high price for it, so that someone else repairs it for less.
Thanks a lot in advance!
I had my first MOT test of my Grande Punto today (2007, 1.2, Active), and I failed it with "Parking brake: efficiency below requirements [3.7.B.7]". As I don't know much about these problems and it's my first time doing that, do you know what may have caused that problem and roughly what amount of money it would take to repair it? They told me to go tomorrow so they can put it apart to check what the problem is and give me a quote, but I'm a bit preoccupied as it happened to me to change a camshaft pulley last April, and the garage lied to me about the cost, taking almost twice as much money than initially discussed (probably because they saw I'm a girl and I don't understand much, so they took advantage of that and the fact I had to send someone to collect my car because I was working that day... I'm not visiting that garage ever again). While I don't want to pay for MOT again, I believe I would prefer it in case they give me too high price for it, so that someone else repairs it for less.
Thanks a lot in advance!
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