Hiya,
Recently had to re-book my 2000TC in for MoT as the tester said the cars weight was needed for the brake tests, and could I bring the logbook with me next time. A week later I returned, having booked more time off work, with the V5 which doesn`t show the weight. One bloke in the garage thought it was strange that the weight wasn`t on there, while the older one didn`t see a huge problem. I queried how the test could be done previous to this without the weight, as they did it last year. Puzzled looks all round. Then the tester came in and said he`d test it as he would a 4x4, i.e. taking the car on the road and using the brakes there. It passed on the service brakes, but they failed it on the parking brake, due to the pads being `waffer thin`. Anyone else had this trouble? Tester reckons the weight has to exactly match what they have in their database, or the test can`t proceed, and details of previous tests carried out on the new system are deleted after the test (if the vehicle is more than 5 years old)!!?? ??? DRew
Recently had to re-book my 2000TC in for MoT as the tester said the cars weight was needed for the brake tests, and could I bring the logbook with me next time. A week later I returned, having booked more time off work, with the V5 which doesn`t show the weight. One bloke in the garage thought it was strange that the weight wasn`t on there, while the older one didn`t see a huge problem. I queried how the test could be done previous to this without the weight, as they did it last year. Puzzled looks all round. Then the tester came in and said he`d test it as he would a 4x4, i.e. taking the car on the road and using the brakes there. It passed on the service brakes, but they failed it on the parking brake, due to the pads being `waffer thin`. Anyone else had this trouble? Tester reckons the weight has to exactly match what they have in their database, or the test can`t proceed, and details of previous tests carried out on the new system are deleted after the test (if the vehicle is more than 5 years old)!!?? ??? DRew