Unhappy with MOT

Delvey

So the misses car failed yesterday. The main two points were low brake pads on the front (less than 1.5mm) and front tyre less than 1.6mm. Now the front brake pads are no where near this, and the front tyre is not below the tread wear indicator anywhere on the tyre. See below pictures.
Debating whether to go to the garage tomorrow or put a complaint in with VOSA. Anyone dealt with something similar before?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Atavus

I would speak to the garage.  Make sure you mention DVSA rather than VOSA.

car-man

Clearly those brake pads are not below the limits.
It depends on how much time you have left on your old mot.
If you have plenty of time left then you could inform VOSA or whatever their name is currently.
You will have to wait until the vehicle has been inspected by them for your mot.
To shortcut the situation you could go to the garage and ask them what they think of the situation and if they get awkward then I would tell them you are taking the matter up with VOSA....I think they might well take another look at the car, unfortunately they have already issued a fail so the only thing they can do is to issue another mot with the items marked as repaired, which is wrong as well.
It's a tricky situation.

noiseboy72

Go back to the garage first and show them the evidence that they've made a genuine mistake.

The only thing I would say is that the wear looks little bit imbalanced between the 2 sets. I don't think that should be an MOT failure, but worth checking for a sticky caliper.

MarkyPancake

I'm guessing the failed items weren't marked as dangerous, because you're not supposed to drive away with any dangerous fails, regardless of whether your current MOT is still valid.

Getting an MOT

Delvey

They marked the brake pads as dangerous.
The car failed on a sticky rear brake caliper, and CV boot as well. The MOT runs out in 10 days so I do not really have the time to wait for VOSA to issue a test, and they would fail it anyway on the other items I presume.
My issue is, if I get the CV boot repaired and sort the sticky brake caliper, they would still fail on the pads as they would not have been done

MarkyPancake

Just noticed the GOV MOT page has a section about appealing. In case you missed it and it's any use, here's the direct link: Getting an MOT

Over by there

I was under the impression that marked as dangerous meant you could not move the car? I think this is open to abuse.

Really, you need to find a good local garage which will MOT on site as well as service. No help here but for the future.

Delvey

Thanks
It takes 2 weeks, which is the issue, and I cannot repair the car in that time.

Delvey

It is, but both the dangerous failures are false, the brake pads have plenty of life left, and the front tyre has 1.9mm tread left (low, but not dangerous)