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lewis

posted on 11/2/11 at 06:15 PM Reply With Quote
MOT certificate error

just been sorting through my paper work and discovered that when my mk indy was mot'd they screwed up the odometer reading

actual reading was 1452.1 miles and they have put 14521 miles just checked on vosa website and confirmed that the wrong reading is logged in there computer system,question is what the hell do i do now? there is nowhere to deal with this on there website and having problems talking to anyone on the phone,dose anyone have the phone number for my local vosa office/where to get it from?(worthing west sussex)
anyone ever had the same problem?,got a feeling its going to be a nightmare to sort out

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Russell

posted on 11/2/11 at 06:22 PM Reply With Quote
Happened to me too, seems like the tester didn't spot the decimal point in the digital display. I wasn't worried and did nothing about it. The following year the same MOT centre got it right.





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carpmart

posted on 11/2/11 at 06:25 PM Reply With Quote
You either start a lengthy process which Swansea (Good Luck!) or you strike a match, light a hamlet (who remembers those adverts, especially the Carlos Fandango extra wide wheels and the farm gate... CLASSIC) and tell the bloke you sell it to the story ........
.....about how you nearly wasted a shed load of time calling into Swansea, but didn't as you realised that anyone who was buying this type of vehicle, would understand the mistake, if explained to them.





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Macbeast

posted on 11/2/11 at 06:26 PM Reply With Quote
I'm not sure that it's going to matter and it should be rectified the next time you MOT. Presumably if you had changed your speedo the mileage would show as zero si what do they do then ? . I suppose there might be implications if you had an accident and your insurance is limited mileage but even then if the insurance company checked the car they would see the correct milage on the odometer.





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britishtrident

posted on 11/2/11 at 06:30 PM Reply With Quote
Quite common often they note down the the "miles to next service" it has no effect on the validity of the MOT it will be quite obvious anybody looking at the MOT what has went wrong.





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rayward

posted on 11/2/11 at 06:30 PM Reply With Quote
if you sell or trade in the car, it will flag as a mileage discrepency on the National Mileage Register, although its blatantly obvious what happened, i lost the sale of a car for a very similar mistake


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lewis

posted on 11/2/11 at 06:34 PM Reply With Quote
hoiw can they change it at the next mot? they cant just remove 13k miles thats ringing???
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theduck

posted on 11/2/11 at 06:43 PM Reply With Quote
As said, its Swansea that you need. You do need to get it sorted otherwise the car will look clocked, and many people would walk away from what appears to be a clocked car.
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prawnabie

posted on 11/2/11 at 06:52 PM Reply With Quote
Get VOSA involved!! DVLA in swansea wil not be able to help you! Mind you I am waiting for the resident know it all to come along and quote the relevant paragraphs.

[Edited on 11/2/11 by prawnabie]

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britishtrident

posted on 11/2/11 at 06:59 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by theduck
As said, its Swansea that you need. You do need to get it sorted otherwise the car will look clocked, and many people would walk away from what appears to be a clocked car.


It won't looked clocked mileage dosen't jump by 100,000 odd mile in a year then jump back down again the folowing year. All that is required is to keep the certificates.





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lewis

posted on 11/2/11 at 07:04 PM Reply With Quote
But will they be able to put the correct mileage in the system next time round or will it flag up?
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donn006

posted on 11/2/11 at 07:04 PM Reply With Quote
hi mate why dont you take the mot to the mot station explain what has happened and ask for a duplicate with the correct miles to be put on a new certificate
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loggyboy

posted on 11/2/11 at 07:10 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by lewis
But will they be able to put the correct mileage in the system next time round or will it flag up?


They wont change anything, they will just record the correct mileage on the new certificate. It wont flag anything up as they (moters) dont have access to the database. And the DVLA database wont care as its only when someone enquires into it that they the discpreancy will flag up. But theres nothing they will do. They may assume that tbe dials have been replaced or that the mileometer has done a complete cycle (common on old ford tachos with only 5 digits)

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lewis

posted on 11/2/11 at 07:40 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by donn006
hi mate why dont you take the mot to the mot station explain what has happened and ask for a duplicate with the correct miles to be put on a new certificate


mot station in st albans & im in worthing,west sussex but i will phone them on monday.

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froggy

posted on 11/2/11 at 09:14 PM Reply With Quote
what you need to do is phone the place who tested the car give them the mot test number and correct mileage and they will get the area vosa office to amend the database then your test station will give you the new documents off their own system





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steve m

posted on 11/2/11 at 09:23 PM Reply With Quote
I wouldnt worry, as 1452.1 miles means your still running in, yet 14521, means you have, and its thrashing time
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Richard Quinn

posted on 11/2/11 at 10:42 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by carpmart
or you strike a match, light a hamlet (who remembers those adverts, especially the Carlos Fandango extra wide wheels and the farm gate... CLASSIC)

The Carlos Fandango wheels one was actually for Panama cigars rather than Hamlet

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40inches

posted on 12/2/11 at 10:27 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Quinn
quote:
Originally posted by carpmart
or you strike a match, light a hamlet (who remembers those adverts, especially the Carlos Fandango extra wide wheels and the farm gate... CLASSIC)

The Carlos Fandango wheels one was actually for Panama cigars rather than Hamlet

LINKY HERE


I liked this one

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loggyboy

posted on 12/2/11 at 10:59 AM Reply With Quote
The best cigar ones are with Russ Abbot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXHxsijVDSM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEXulXsv1Hw

or this hamlet one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYMID5qCdE

[Edited on 12/2/11 by loggyboy]

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carpmart

posted on 12/2/11 at 11:27 AM Reply With Quote
Thanks for all the memories!

They really don't make adverts like that any more do they!





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stevegough

posted on 12/2/11 at 08:38 PM Reply With Quote
Good old yellow page....sorry - you tube!





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stevegough

posted on 12/2/11 at 08:40 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by prawnabie
Mind you I am waiting for the resident know it all to come along and quote the relevant paragraphs.

[Edited on 11/2/11 by prawnabie]



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