Irony
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| posted on 2/7/15 at 08:59 AM |
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Dodgy Reverse through IVA
I have had to admit that the reverse in my Viento V8 (lt77) is on its way out. It makes a grinding noise and is slightly judderery when reversing.
Having spoken to a local engineer he says a grinding faulty reverse is not a MOT failure. Having no reverse is however. Being as I have just paid
for my IVA, no date yet, I was thinking of IVAing it and then sorting the reverse out over winter. Does anyone know of any reason why it would not go
through the IVA with a noisey reverse?
[Edited on 2/7/15 by Irony]
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 2/7/15 at 09:19 AM |
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I suspect that as long as the car reverses at the time of the test there is no reason for a failure.
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loggyboy
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| posted on 2/7/15 at 10:14 AM |
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Providing it does make it reverse.
Only thing it could come down to is the testers interpretation of the 'general construction':
2. When driven, the safe control of the vehicle must not be impaired or likely to be impaired, due to a design/construction feature or
characteristic.
3. The vehicle structure and all components including their attachment must be suitable and of adequate strength. (see note 2)
Mistral Motorsport
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shindha
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| posted on 2/7/15 at 05:22 PM |
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My plan would be to sort out the gearbox as it will need to be done - that money will need to be spent sooner or later, and if the tester decides to
fail the car it will add to the overall expense - as I understand it retest is not cheap.
But your car, your money, your decision.
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SteveDown
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| posted on 2/7/15 at 08:26 PM |
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I took my car for an IVA a couple of weeks back, they didn't even test reversing it. However, it failed because the steering makes no attempt to
centre itself.
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