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I'm looking at buying a used Skoda Superb Estate. It was first registered on 1 December 2020, then for some reason it was given an MoT at the end of Feb 2021 at a mileage of 431 miles. Could you suggest...
I've heard differing opinions but I understand if a tyre pressure monitor fails, it is an MoT fail? Is this true, if so it makes no sense? Surely the MoT is concerned with vehicle safety? A failed tyre...
I recently fitted the full sized spare wheel to my Ford Mondeo as part of the tyre rotation process. I found that the wheel isn't fitted with a tyre pressure monitoring sensor. Obviously this has resulted...
I have a 2014 MINI cooper with 12,000 miles on the clock. I have had two error messages which come on every time the lights are activated which states that basically none of the lights are working. However...
My car has failed its MoT with a major defect because a tyre sensor was lit on the dashboard. The MoT tester flagged the tyre pressure monitoring system as either “defective or inoperative”. I went to...
Does the inclusion of mileage on the MoT prevent clocking?
I bought a classic 1990s car from a dealer for £1000 back in January. It was MOT'd in September this year and went straight through, but with an advisory for some minor rust underneath. I sold the car...
Can you tell me if a faulty tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) is an MoT failure point?
I had my car MoTd six weeks earlier on Feb 15th (the car was registered on the 29th of March) than it was due as it was being serviced. Should/could they have added a month onto the MoT taking it up to...
I have a 2003 Honda CR-V petrol auto, which has covered 170,000 miles. For the past two years the engine management light has been lit an increasing amount, and for some months is permanently on whilst...
 

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