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do you need to be able to open up the tailgate for the car to pass the MOT?
also anything else i should know before i book my car in?
also anything else i should know before i book my car in?
MOT - Tailgate question
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well it isnt impossable to open, just been reading the MOT test checks in the haynes and it says both drivers and passenger side doors must be able to be opened and closed properly from inside and outside of the vehicle.....
sooo...anyone care to say if the tailgates a passenger door?
sooo...anyone care to say if the tailgates a passenger door?
sumplug
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yes, the tailgate is required to open. the mot tester needs to check wheel well, spare wheel if fitted, floor and rear seat belt anchorage. and unos tend to go around the wheel wellsbulldog5046 said:
Can't say for sure but can't imagine it would be a problem, unless you need to get in for the spare wheel. I mean other than that can't think of a reason, its not like you can get in all cars through the boot, merc for example.
u should be fine mate, never had a problem with my flushed boot. then again i have a catch in the front to open the boot and i know lower spec unos dont
Dunc
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had a MOT done recently and never opened my boot
I've never had my boot opened for an MOT - and I've put a fair few hatchbacks through MOTs
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how do they check the spare wheel and well?Hellcat said:
an mot centre not checking here would worry me
I thought the spare wasn't an MOT item? (even if fitted)
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if the spare wheel is fitted, it has to be road worthy. if not fitted, not checked.The Negotiator said:
the wheel well area/floor has to be check because its double skinned in parts and is structurally part of the mot.
You don't need to open the boot for an MOT. The wheel arches are checked from the outside when it's up on ramps.
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sumplug, you can't fail an MOT for having a bald spare, I have no idea whether it needs to be checked if fitted, I expect not since you can't fail on it.
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I know that my dads Xantia failed (amongst other things) on the boot not being able to open. The lock didn't always undo on it. So its now set up never to lock (very secure i know).
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ok guys. seems that the spare wheel is not part of the mot test unless one of the fitted wheels/tyres is a failure.
and it says in the mot testers that load bearing structures are tested. so is the boot tested or not?
my local mot station i have been using for 20+ yrs. hundreds of cars gone through there. and every time, they check the boot or hatch area. remember, what about the top of the shock absorber. how does he check that without opening the rear?
and it says in the mot testers that load bearing structures are tested. so is the boot tested or not?
my local mot station i have been using for 20+ yrs. hundreds of cars gone through there. and every time, they check the boot or hatch area. remember, what about the top of the shock absorber. how does he check that without opening the rear?
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sumplug
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oh forgot to mention. the hatch or boot according to the mot tester site must be able to be secure closed. so to test this, they must have to open it
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just add on here, what about my clocks? i fitted UT clocks and they display 106,000 miles which would make my car look as if i had done 32,000 miles in a year! do i just have to put the old ones back or can i tell the garage and they will make an educated guess at what i've really done?
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well, they can only write on the certificate the actual clock reading at time of test, so i would temp fit the old ones in.bulldog5046 said:
