MOT and Speedometer

Munroast · 2024-11-30T00:05:24+0000

does it have to work ? and will 300 mile since last year be enough?

carmanmemoranda · 2024-11-30T03:38:58+0000

Yes

And yes

You must check the speedometer of vehicles first used on or after 1 October 1937 with a maximum speed above 25mph. You do not need to check Class 3 vehicles.

But...

If a road test is needed, for example to carry out a decelerometer test, you must check whilst driving that the speedometer is working.

If a road test is not necessary, you should only reject a speedometer if it’s clearly not working

Mottie · 2024-11-30T06:35:49+0000

Munroast said:
does it have to work ? and will 300 mile since last year be enough?

Yes. 300 miles is no problem. My mum hardly used her car. One year she had only covered 40 miles and 26 of those were done by me bringing it back after one test and taking it in the following year. The tester won’t be concerned in any way about the mileage - it could even have 100,000 miles less than the previous year. All the tester has to do is record the mileage at the time of the test. If you didn’t give them the previous years certificate, how would they know what mileage it had last year?

carmanmemoranda · 2024-11-30T08:36:50+0000

Mottie said:
Yes. 300 miles is no problem. My mum hardly used her car. One year she had only covered 40 miles and 26 of those were done by me bringing it back after one test and taking it in the following year. The tester won’t be concerned in any way about the mileage - it could even have 100,000 miles less than the previous year. All the tester has to do is record the mileage at the time of the test. If you didn’t give them the previous years certificate, how would they know what mileage it had last year?

There's been a recent update with the need to accurately report mileages.

The system gives a prompt if it feels the mileage is too low, too high, or the same as last MOT ( assumes Speedo isn't working).

The mileage can still be the same but the tester has to double check now.

aveatry · 2024-11-30T12:42:07+0000

Mottie said:
If you didn’t give them the previous years certificate, how would they know what mileage it had last year?

Its all on a central database,

carmanmemoranda · 2024-11-30T12:46:08+0000

aveatry said:
Its all on a central database,

The tester doesn't see that when he is signing into the MOT system to enter details

Mottie · 2024-11-30T12:49:11+0000

aveatry said:
Its all on a central database,

….that you don’t see or need to see, when registering a car onto the system for a test. Well, you didn’t when I was last testing 5 years ago but I don’t think it’s changed.

aveatry · 2024-11-30T12:56:26+0000

carmanmemoranda said:
The system gives a prompt if it feels the mileage is too low, too high, or the same as last MOT ( assumes Speedo isn't working).

I dont know but can the speedo not be working but the mileage still be working. Someone I know had a dodgy speedo that sometimes worked and sometimes not and I think it even read faster at times, so when it ran faster he wasn't registering more mileage that actual. Unless I am miss remembering and it wasn't reeding a higher speed actually ?

carmanmemoranda · 2024-11-30T12:57:43+0000

It only has to work at the time of the test. It is not checked for accuracy. As long as it records a speed as car is driven into test bay, or road test if needed.

It can pack up 2 minutes later and not be an issue

The actual mileage doesn't matter, as long as it is recorded accurately and re checked if prompted

Munroast · 2024-11-30T15:05:40+0000

carmanmemoranda said:
It only has to work at the time of the test. It is not checked for accuracy. As long as it records a speed as car is driven into test bay, or road test if needed.

It can pack up 2 minutes later and not be an issue

The actual mileage doesn't matter, as long as it is recorded accurately and re checked if prompted

that applies to every bit being tested.

they only drive it 10 yards into the workshop so be difficult to see if it is working.

carmanmemoranda · 2024-11-30T15:29:55+0000

Munroast said:
that applies to every bit being tested.

they only drive it 10 yards into the workshop so be difficult to see if it is working.

If it's digital it's easy

cdbe · 2024-11-30T16:20:12+0000

Out of interest, what would you testers do with this? It's been recorded as miles on the MOT.

carmanmemoranda · 2024-11-30T20:02:58+0000

Record it as km if sure it's km.
If in doubt, ask the vehicle presenter

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