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Weetabix
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Posted: Mon Apr 9th, 2007 12:26 am |
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This is something that we as testers should be very wary about.
The 'vehicle' presented for retest should be checked as far as possible to see if it really is the original one submitted for testing. Checking the VIN stamped on the vehicle really is the minimum we should always do.
The Partial Retest system is to blame for this. If a full test was done for everything other than the minor items (lights, wipers, tyres, etc) then substituted vehicles with major faults wouldn't be able to slip through the net and onto the road.
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911mot
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Posted: Sun Apr 8th, 2007 11:01 pm |
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| And also, if there is no VT30/32 presented with a retest, all you need to generate a duplicate is the registration number and whether the oringinal test was a pass or fail
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Rebel
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Posted: Sun Apr 8th, 2007 12:21 pm |
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We seem to be going in two directions here,
Checking that a car submitted for retest is the correct one, and actually logging a retest onto the computer are two different things.
Weetabix's comment regarding ensuring that the car is the correct one is obviously very valid, and I'm not sure that VOSA actually give any strict rules on how this should be done?
But i stand by my answer to the original question, in that to log a retest onto the computer you only need the reg number and original test number.
Apart from the original VT40 (which in my expierience has usually been filed away and a pain in the bum to retrieve), the only place you will get the test number is from the VT30/VT32, which you must have at hand for your fail / advise criteria.
DC
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David Ex
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Posted: Sun Apr 8th, 2007 09:03 am |
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Thank you for your reply.
This is very interesting, as i am dealing with a possible switched vehicle for a client, and i would like to quote a section of the letter for a proposed cesation of my client.
If the Nominated Tester had taken the details from this VT30 certificate he would have made absolutely sure that the defects recorded on it, had been rectified on the vehicle he allegedly tested.
Now all my client did was take the reg and mileage from the VT30 and registered this for a test on tyhe VTS Device.
To note 4 days had past since the origianal test and to add to this he was not the origianal tester.
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Weetabix
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Posted: Fri Apr 6th, 2007 10:25 pm |
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Rebel wrote: If it's a partial retest then you only need the registration number and the original test number.
I don't see any need to recheck the vin?
DC
Surely you should double check that the vehicle presented for re-testing is the same one that the VT30 was issued for ?
It's no good logging it in as a retest & just looking to see if the failure items are now satisfactory. What if it was a substitute vehicle submitted ?
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Rebel
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Posted: Fri Apr 6th, 2007 05:27 pm |
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If it's a partial retest then you only need the registration number and the original test number.
I don't see any need to recheck the vin?
DC
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David Ex
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Posted: Fri Apr 6th, 2007 03:57 pm |
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| So you have a car back in for a re test, is it an offence to take the information from the VT30 issued, or have you GOT to take it from the VIN?
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