After listening to your feedback, we’ve made a few changes to how and
when MOT information is presented as part of our ongoing process to
improve the MOT testing service.
After listening to your feedback we’ve made it easier for you to get
contingency codes if the MOT testing service goes offline. We’ve now
introduced a way that you can instantly pick up the latest code if you
try to sign in to the service and it’s not working.
We're often asked whether ‘stretched’ or ‘Euro look’ tyres are an MOT
failure. How ‘stretched’ would a tyre need to be before it’s in breach
of the regulation, and how would you prove it?
DVSA’s Customer Service Centre answers hundreds of MOT related calls and
emails daily from testers and members of the public. Here are some of
the most frequent questions and answers they’re getting from MOT
garages.
Here’s an extreme example of a bulge in a tyre’s side wall showing that
the internal structure has failed. It would only be a matter of time
before the tyre rapidly deflates, resulting in potential loss of control
of the vehicle.
