MOT failure

Rise In Failures Of MOT Due To Tyre Defects

March 8, 2017 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

TyreSafe has aired its concern at the implication for road safety of skyrocketing MoT failure rates caused by defects with vehicles’ Tyre Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS). More than 23,000 vehicles required a retest following identification of TPMS issues in 2016 compared with a little over 7000 in 2015 (source: DVSA) – an enormous rise of […]

TPMS Failure Means MOT Failure

April 17, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

A faulty Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) is now an automatic MOT fail and is already catching motorists out – does your car have it and how do you know if it’s working? Millions of cars in the UK are fitted with tyre pressure monitoring systems, or TPMS, which monitor the vehicle’s tyre pressure and […]