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airbag light and mot
kenton - 9/10/10 at 08:36 PM

Hopefully someone may be able to help. My tin top (alfa 156) is due for an mot on wednesday but the airbag light no longer lights up for a few seconds before going out. I assume this is to show the system works? Will this be a fail? Will they notice?
many thanks in advance.
kenton

steve m - 9/10/10 at 08:43 PM

As far as i am lead to belive, an airbag light is not a MOT failure

Steve

adithorp - 9/10/10 at 08:47 PM

Not an MOT item. The ABS light is but not the airbag.

Ninehigh - 9/10/10 at 08:50 PM

I've been told it is an MOT fail, however if it doesn't come on maybe the monkey might not notice...

steve m - 9/10/10 at 08:55 PM

My old r 75 light was on all the time, and passed 3 mot's in my care

Steve

PAUL FISHER - 9/10/10 at 09:22 PM

Not a fail item, but they may well just give you a advisory about it.

donn006 - 9/10/10 at 09:24 PM

ni mate the airbag light is nothing to do with an mot test. worst case is the tester would give you an advisory notice

DRC INDY 7 - 9/10/10 at 09:47 PM

Monkey ?

morcus - 10/10/10 at 06:03 AM

My dad used to take bulbs out of his warning lights all the time and passed MOTs no problem but he hasn't do that for at least ten years.

I don't mean to hijack and this is purely just out of curiosity but if you removed something from your car that is tested for an MOT if you have it, would you need proof? I was thinking stuff like swapping power stearing out or something like that.

Ninehigh - 10/10/10 at 07:18 AM

quote:
Originally posted by DRC INDY 7
Monkey ?


I am aware that an awful lot of mechanics are good at what they do, but they do some odd things. Like tell me a Mondeo has no front subframe when six of you guys AND the Haynes manual tell me otherwise.

Oh and the airbag light, as I mentioned...

britishtrident - 10/10/10 at 09:02 AM

Not an MOT fail but it should be noted as an advisory.

Be careful with MOT advisories the rumour in the trade is sooner or later some insurance companies are going to use them as a reason for not paying out unless you have evidence they have been attended too.

VOSA dosen't really exert any controls on advisories --- Bad news if you take a car to a well known fast fit outfit who tend to add every advisory notice they can but only on the type of repairs they do.

[Edited on 10/10/10 by britishtrident]

JonBowden - 10/10/10 at 09:16 AM

No, I don't think it is an MOT issue.
In some cases, it can be fixed by unplugging and then re-plugging the the connections for the seatbelt tensioners / airbags under the seat - this worked on my Rover 75, I'd guess that your car is similar.
You should disconnect the battery for 10 mins before doing this.

Ninehigh - 10/10/10 at 09:56 AM

Actually I fixed mine last time (staying on) by switching the ignition on and off about 90 times

kenton - 11/10/10 at 05:44 PM

Thanks for all the replies, will take it as is and see what happens.
kenton