Banned MOT Garages to be Exposed

Banned MOT Garages to be Exposed

DVSA have agreed with ministers to make the information publicly available following the announcement by Justine Greening MP in 2012 of the government’s commitment to the Garage Customer Experience.

Eric Roberts’s insight:

MOT Garages testing station, owners’ opinion

So, as the owner of an MOT centre, I am not sure what this will achieve. Consequently, I know that there are thousands of normal garages. Strangely, they claim that they do MOT testing. Incredibly, but in fact do not. What they do is take their customers’ cars to an approved MOT testing station. Consequently, having what we call “a trade test” carried out.

Of course, I am not saying that the car will not be tested correctly? But the garage does not conduct the test, and they do not have control over the vehicle. However, if the driver has an issue, he cannot take it up directly with the testing station.

Customers should look out for the official MOT testing sign. Banned MOT Garages to be Exposed

Concerned car owners should look out for an official MOT sign! Usually outside the garage premises at the roadside. So it looks the same as the one in the above image. Some garages have lookalike signs but are not official testing stations.

I can only think of garages that have lost their licence: Banned MOT Garages to be Exposed

So, to test cars because of a bad disciplinary record, still carry on taking cars in for testing but have a trade test done at another official testing station under the pretence that they still have a testing licence, or simply do not remove their MOT Garage signs as if they are still testing.

A list of banned testing sites will be published, but I wonder who will read them?.

Hi, I would like to introduce myself. I have been working in the garage, tyre, and battery business for 40 years. So. I worked for a couple of national tyre companies before starting my first business. Of course, I now own a company here in the UK called Pellon Tyre and Auto-centre. Blogging about anything to do with cars and their related products. Naturally, that will help my business, so garage owners beware.

Banned MOT Garages to be Exposed

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