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The car/light goods vehicle MOT test is about to change the European Commission has changed the Directive that covers it. We take a look at when these changes are likely to come into effect and what they mean for MOT testers.

Britain has been testing vehicles under the MOT scheme for 50 years now. Last year, the EuropeanDirective covering the MOT test was updated and revised by a modern version called 2009/40/EC. This was then updated by 2010/48/EU, which was ratified on 5 July this year. The new Directive keeps the EUminimum 4-2-2 test frequency but adds a number of new elements to the British MOT test. The Directiveanticipates all test changes being in place by 1 January 2012, and a common European approach to test certificates in place by 1 January 2014. So what is VOSA doing to introduce the changes? In terms of test frequency, in mid-July the coalition government confirmed that it intends to look at the issue of MOT test frequencies later this year. VOSA contributed statistical data to inform the last review in 2008, and we expect that our computer system and the data you have entered will be utilised again in much the same way. We expect to hear more details of the governments review proposals later in the year.

As far as changes to the test content are concerned, VOSA has already been analysing the requirements of the new Directive and working out how to implement them. We started this earlier in the year by talking with representatives of the MOT trade at our regular Trade User Group and VTS Council meetings. Both VOSA and the Department for Transport (DfT) are keen to ensure that any changes to the test are introduced in as practical a way as possible, keeping the burden on the trade to a minimum and ideally keeping the changes cost neutral. In many cases, the changes shouldnt necessarily lead to an increase in average test times. A good example is the malfunction indicator lamps on the dashboard that indicate defective electronic power steering, electronic stability control and secondary restraint systems. Testers already check the dashboard for other lamps, so no extra time would be required for this addition to the test.Electrical wiring and batteries arenow included in the tests scope,but testers already check thevehicle structure where wiring issecured often along the sameroutes as other testable items,such as brake pipes in the enginecompartment. So again, thisdoesnt look like an additionalburden on the tester. In the precomputerisationdays, testers often(wrongly) failed vehicles for insecurebatteries, so they must have beenlooking at them then! Now, itmeans that when we implementthe new Directive, vehicles canlegitimately fail for battery insecurity,for no extra tester effort.

Other items such as headlamp bulb and unit incompatibility, headlamp levelling devices and illegal engine chipping will need further thought before we can get a workable solution for MOTstations. Some of the new items may require extra effort on the part of the tester when we know forsure what that is well be talking again with our trade and DfT colleagues to work out what theimpact will be.

The common EU test certificateshould be relatively easy to achieve the only data that the Directiveexpects and that we dont currentlyprovide is the symbol for thevehicles country of origin. Probably99% of vehicles tested will haveUK entered here, but if you do testvehicles with a foreign plate, youwill need to enter the correctcountry symbol. We may even beable to make this change earlier ifthere is a convenient opportunity.

The MOT trade can rest assuredthat VOSA is working closely withyou to introduce any new elementsas efficiently and effectively aspossible, with the minimum offuss. Just as importantly, we arealso working closely with Siemensto ensure that any system changesdue on New Years Eve 2011 gosmoothly! We should know moreby the time the MOT seminars takeplace come along and ask theexperts. Well also be sure to keepyou posted on developmentsthrough Matters of Testing

Anyone got anymore facts ?

There is nothing illegal about chipping or remapping an ECU, so that's a strange phrase to have in an official document. I doubt the validity of it to be honest.

i think it's more to do with the plug in tuning boxes that the tester can see. as far as i've read and understand the tester or station are'nt allowed to plug anything in or remove anything so as far as chipping/ remapping they wont no unless they go for a blast

don't quote me on this it's just snipets that i've read so i could be wrong!

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/180375-proposed-changes-to-mot-test/

There is nothing illegal about chipping or remapping an ECU, so that's a strange phrase to have in an official document. I doubt the validity of it to be honest.

There might be some loophole with regards to bypassing Anti-Tuning software as your effectively hacking which is illegal. Could be the route they go down??

However looking at this realistically i think the worse they could do would be to make you pay higher taxes due to higher emissions. But if you revert to Stock for the MOT who would know?

There are a few multi million pound tuning companies in the UK and i think they would put up quite a good fight against this.

Also wouldn't this spell the end for BTCC and WRC in the UK as don't they have to be road legal cars??

Edited 21 November, 201015 yr by vRSCarl

http://briskoda.net/...es-to-mot-test/

+1

didn't find your thread earlier :S

If such a change where made, and made retrospectively , thousands of cars will become 'illegal' overnight

There might be some loophole with regards to bypassing Anti-Tuning software as your effectively hacking which is illegal.

It's only called "anti-tune" by the industry, realistically it's no different than what happened when EDC16 came out.

The ECU is just rewritten in boot mode, so it's no different than a normal flash, just done in a different way

It's only called "anti-tune" by the industry, realistically it's no different than what happened when EDC16 came out.

The ECU is just rewritten in boot mode, so it's no different than a normal flash, just done in a different way

Ahhh ok

This subjects seems to be exploding onto the different forums

Came up in discussion on this thread: Celtic remap

Based on this kind of info: Anyone got anymore facts ?

I think the EU's long term aim is to control ALL moving vehicles be this by satellites or local transponders - Fiat have had data in their cars for some years now that with some tweaking could pick up transmission's [ remember the ECU is a black black and can provide the last 30sec of data before a incident or crash].

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