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MOT Training Courses

Links to all MOT Tests | MOT Test Descriptions

The links below will take you directly to the page which has details of the...
MOT checks categories diagram, fault results

MOT Test Checks List | What is checked on an MOT | Overview

The MOT Test checks list – overview The MOT Test checks list section is a...
Number Plate Registration No

MOT Test of Registration plates and Vehicle Identification Number* (VIN) | What is checked

Identification of the vehicle (0) (Formerly MOT Test of registration plates and Vehicle Identification Number...
MOT Test of brakes

MOT Test of Brakes | What is checked | How are brakes checked

MOT Test of Brakes (1) Efficiency and balance of brakes is usually checked on a...
MOT Test of steering

MOT Test of Steering | What is checked for MOT

MOT Test of Steering (2) Whilst the actual MOT test of steering is substantially unchanged,...
MOT Test of windscreen

MOT Test of Windscreen | Visibility | What is checked

Visibility (3) Formerly MOT Test of Windscreen The MOT windscreen Test includes all items affecting...

MOT News for Drivers

IMI MOT Training

Vehicle Tester and Traffic Examiner strike: June 2023

A badly worn tyre discovered during the MOT Test

MOT Shock: latest “Dangerous Defects” failures THREE TIMES higher than in 2010

MOT Test Frequency Changes – consultation

DVSA MOT Reminder

DVSA’s MOT Reminder service – Pass or Fail?

Safety recalls page

Could ‘Vehicle Recalls’ advice be added to the MOT?

New MOT rules Exhaust emiassions

New diesel emission test equipment?

MOT Trade News

DVSA New MOT Notification service

Criminal Record Checks (DBS) to be required for MOT personnel

‘Good Repute’, criminal record checks and the MOT Over the years the...
A badly worn tyre discovered during the MOT Test

MOT Shock: latest “Dangerous Defects” failures THREE TIMES higher than in 2010

Deadly defects…! The Government has recently issued a consultative document suggesting a...

MOT Test Frequency Changes – consultation

There have been articles in the media recently about changes to the...

Prosol UK launches ‘Fire Cloak’

Prosol UK, the UK’s leading supplier of garage and workshop equipment and...

DVSA crackdown on MOT fraud

DVSA Enforcement (Image): MOT Test pass issued on the computer, but no...
New MOT rules Exhaust emiassions

New diesel emission test equipment?

Should all MOT Testing Stations buy new Diesel Emission Test equipment (yet...

Motorcycle Checks

Motorcycle Testing – Around the machine

Motorcycle Testing – Wheels

Motorcycle Testing – Sitting on the machine

MOT Q&A

Fault results for selected vehicle

During an MOT Test, what might a car...

MOT Questions and Answers – 1

If the Car Owner’s Guide to the MOT...

MOT Questions and Answers – 2

If the Car Owner’s Guide to the MOT...

MOT Manuals

UK Car MOT Inspection Manual

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MOT SHIELD – Security and peace of mind for AEs and NTs
MOT ShieldSecurity and peace of mind for AEs and NTs at an affordable price for the smallest Testing Station

DVSA are pledged to do something about Testing quality, so we ask: "Can MOT businesses now expect a disciplinary crackdown from DVSA?" We also introduce what we think is the perfect solution to the anxiety and high cost of protecting your business from withdrawal from the MOT Scheme.

Read more.

Recent Posts

Autotech Training launches AEC service

Autotech Recruit launches free virtual training platform for their temporary technicians

Autotech Recruit rolls out on-site EV training

MOT Testing Magazine

MOT Testing & Workshop – November 2019

MOT Testing & Workshop 102 – August 2019

See PDF at the foot this page for...

MOT Testing 101 – May 2019

Sample Issue This is a sample issue of...

MOT Workshop Magazine

MOT Workshop 62 – Failure Breeds Success | handling insolvency

Failure Breeds Success As Henry Ford once said: ‘Failure is simply the...

MOT Workshop 62 – Equipment Finance

Equipment Finance For starters here there’s an important disclaimer; when considering equipment...

MOT Workshop 62 – New Products and Services

MOT Workshop 62 – New Products and Services • Elta Automotive Ltd...

MOT SHIELD – Security and peace of mind for AEs and NTs MOT Shield protection for AEs and NTsSecurity and peace of mind for AEs and NTs at an affordable price for the smallest Testing Station

DVSA are pledged to do something about Testing quality, so we ask: "Can MOT businesses now expect a disciplinary crackdown from DVSA?" We also introduce what we think is the perfect solution to the anxiety and high cost of protecting your business from withdrawal from the MOT Scheme.

Read more.

Recent

Criminal Record Checks (DBS) to be required for MOT personnel

‘Good Repute’, criminal record checks and the MOT Over the years the...

Vehicle Tester and Traffic Examiner strike: June 2023

DVSA has announced the following information regarding a strike by some vehicle...

MOT Shock: latest “Dangerous Defects” failures THREE TIMES higher than in 2010

Deadly defects…! The Government has recently issued a consultative document suggesting a...

MOT Test Frequency Changes – consultation

There have been articles in the media recently about changes to the...

DVSA’s MOT Reminder service – Pass or Fail?

DVSA announces streamlined MOT reminder service In a recent press release the...

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