#16: Re: What are the most likely 206 MoT fails? Author: HowlingMadMurdock, Location: Ashington, NorthumberlandPosted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 3:49 pm ---- Cheers Yorkie, long time no hear
#17: Re: What are the most likely 206 MoT fails? Author: HowlingMadMurdock, Location: Ashington, NorthumberlandPosted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 10:10 am ---- Got the MoT result yesterday....
Reason(s) for refusal to issue Certificate
Offside Front sill Vehicle structure is damaged, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)
Offside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Oil leak
Total cost including test fee £150 and for a 15 year old car I'm happy with that, it could have been a lot worse. With the corrosion creeping in and living close to the sea I can say from experience with my former 106 it's the beginning of the end but by the next MoT we'll have had 3 years out of a £500 car that's already covered 20,000 miles for us. By any standards that's good going.
The faults listed are ones that I can't fix myself and the moral of the story here is do the pre-MoT checks listed on this forum (and other internet sites) and you shouldn't get stung. I'll admit to a touch of paranoia leading up to the MoT but that's no bad thing, it makes us check everything properly.
Most of all, find a MoT station you trust to be fair. The garage I use pride themselves on fairness and prices and to them reputation is everything. In context I looked into the history of my 106 and a well known garage chain failed it several times for things that should have been advisories. We all know there are sharks out there that will happily fail a car for profit but VOSA are getting very keen on checking up on people now. Sharon's step-brother is a MoT tester and he's had VOSA put a car in for MoT secretly as a check on him, he didn't know it was them until he'd done the test and he was spot on. For the record the only reason I don't take it to him for the MoT is the risk of anyone accusing him of passing a car on family favouritism, if anyone accused him of that it could damage his career.
And don't fall foul of the internet advice of using council MoT tests thinking it will be an easy pass, it's a myth. The truth is they are every bit as strict as anyone else and the sting in the tail is you have to take the car for your own repairs and you will incur a retest fee, it may well end up more hassle than it's worth. The problem is you're still legally entitled to drive the car if it's still within it's original MoT however the fail is instantly recorded onto the database and the police will know it's had a fail on ANPR and will pull your over. If they deem the car to be unraodworthy you will be charged and fined for sure. Bear in mind the MoT tester will mark on the database if the fault is dangerous, if you're caught with that then you're bang to rights.
After a lot of research into MoT tests this week I can confidently say that the majority of testers are fair, it's not worth their well paid jobs to be dodgy. The main thing is to find a garage that is fair with repair costs. As the 206's start to age it's always going to cost money but you can keep the costs down if you do the proper checks and preparation
#18: Re: What are the most likely 206 MoT fails? Author: macca1411, Location: Westhoughton, LancashirePosted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 12:10 pm ---- I put the car in for a pre MOT check in the month before the MOT expires. If it fails, it's not recorded and I get the month to do any repairs. If it passes I get a certificate issued which lasts until 12 months after the date of expiry of the previous certificate.
What damage have you got on the sill? Has someone been jacking the car up and flattened the seam?
#19: Re: What are the most likely 206 MoT fails? Author: HowlingMadMurdock, Location: Ashington, NorthumberlandPosted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 1:09 pm ---- It seems it's corrosion Macca, typical of the salt in the air from the sea around here and it does have some surface rust creeping in around the door edges on that side.
All said and done this is the same tale as my old 106, when the end comes the body will give up long before the mechanical parts do
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