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Remap is to be an MOT failure??
« on: January 18, 2012, 10:23:17 am »
I've just been informed by my mechanic that things like remaps, removal of dpf, cats or lights on dash will be an MOT failure.

Any one heard anything more on this?
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Re: Remap is to be an MOT failure??
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2012, 10:29:40 am »
It's the piggy back chip ones that are getting done and well if your car should have a cat or PDF and its gone then so it should be a failure just stick it back on for the mot and as for lights on the dash well what do you expect,if the airbag light is On then its a safety thing so defo a fail and abs lights on fail what's wrong with that  :rolleye: it's for your and our safety on the road
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Re: Remap is to be an MOT failure??
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2012, 10:30:19 am »
Lights on dash is a yes, and possibly with the dpf removal due to emisions. But a remap hell no. Unless to do with fueling/emissions.
Or just pay for a dodgy Mot, £50 happy days, and they get to tell you what you need to do on your car. winwin
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Re: Remap is to be an MOT failure??
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2012, 10:30:48 am »
thier is no way a mot tester will heve the technology to test for a remap--well not this year any way :signLOL:--cats on petrols have to be on and any warning lights on the dash is a fail
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Re: Remap is to be an MOT failure??
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2012, 10:31:39 am »
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Re: Remap is to be an MOT failure??
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2012, 10:57:36 am »
Or just pay for a dodgy Mot, £50 happy days, and they get to tell you what you need to do on your car. winwin



Ignore that advice by someone above!!  :stupid: Mot test is for your safety and other road users!!
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Re: Remap is to be an MOT failure??
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2012, 11:32:32 am »
Looking forward to all those dodgy HID / illegal xenon systems being taken off the road  :party:

Hopefully for more than the day of the test too...
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Re: Remap is to be an MOT failure??
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2012, 12:10:04 pm »
Quote from: nams1 on January 18, 2012, 12:04:46 pm
Removing the cat will fail it

Correct, unless you know somebody who can pass it for you which is what i tried explaining earlier. Saving you to remove the decat, refit oem, then refit the decat back on.

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Re: Remap is to be an MOT failure??
« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2012, 12:12:45 pm »
mine passed ok last week on my soot chucker
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Re: Remap is to be an MOT failure??
« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2012, 12:23:20 pm »
If your running a De-cat and If your local garage/testing station know you and you turn up showing them you have a cat then they may pass you anyway saving the hassle of fit and remove, but beware the road side testing stations, I got pulled in about 5 years back in my MK4 1.8T and after a quick scan under my car they shoved a pipe up my rear end testing for emmisions  :grin: I was running a Milltek TBE with high flow cat so passed with flying colours, I asked what happens if your running de-cat and they said a large fine and you have 7 days to sort it!
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Re: Remap is to be an MOT failure??
« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2012, 12:42:03 pm »
So decat is still ok on TDi's for now?

Just need to get my ESP sorted now then.
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Re: Remap is to be an MOT failure??
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2012, 12:45:22 pm »
Quote from: daboy3000 on January 18, 2012, 12:42:03 pm
So decat is still ok on TDi's for now?

Just need to get my ESP sorted now then.
tdi is just a smoke test when i spoke to vosa about it--mine passed ok with no cat,our garage hasn't had any notice as yet about them
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Re: Remap is to be an MOT failure??
« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2012, 11:06:27 pm »
Quote from: ub7rm on January 18, 2012, 11:32:32 am
Looking forward to all those dodgy HID / illegal xenon systems being taken off the road  :party:

Hopefully for more than the day of the test too...

If fitted and aligned correctly HID's are not a failure!
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Re: Remap is to be an MOT failure??
« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2012, 08:40:03 am »
Quote from: vRS_Pagey on January 18, 2012, 11:06:27 pm
Quote from: ub7rm on January 18, 2012, 11:32:32 am
Looking forward to all those dodgy HID / illegal xenon systems being taken off the road  :party:

Hopefully for more than the day of the test too...

If fitted and aligned correctly HID's are not a failure!

Thats why I used the words dodgy and illegal.  However most would appear to be illegal.  Mostly on some 15 year old car with £50 of halfords crap gaffer taped to it and a 17 year old spacker behind the wheel. 
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Re: Remap is to be an MOT failure??
« Reply #14 on: January 19, 2012, 10:27:30 am »
Quote from: ub7rm on January 19, 2012, 08:40:03 am

Thats why I used the words dodgy and illegal.  However most would appear to be illegal.  Mostly on some 15 year old car with £50 of halfords crap gaffer taped to it and a 17 year old spacker behind the wheel.  
Mine were £49.99......... :sad1:  But not from Halfrauds and not a sign of gaffer tape, honest!  :pomppomp:

I hear what your saying though, badly fitted HID's fitted in a Corsa with with reflector headlights (not using reflector HID's) are a big problem.  I thought I was going to have to remove mine 'permanently' as of now due new rules, but they have been relaxed, so now if you have after market HID's fitted you don't have to have washers or self levelling - if you have got those however they must work!  
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