MOT and Speedometer

Sponsored Links
Yes

And yes

You must check the speedometer of vehicles first used on or after 1 October 1937 with a maximum speed above 25mph. You do not need to check Class 3 vehicles.

But...

If a road test is needed, for example to carry out a decelerometer test, you must check whilst driving that the speedometer is working.

If a road test is not necessary, you should only reject a speedometer if it’s clearly not working
 
Last edited:
does it have to work ? and will 300 mile since last year be enough?
Yes. 300 miles is no problem. My mum hardly used her car. One year she had only covered 40 miles and 26 of those were done by me bringing it back after one test and taking it in the following year. The tester won’t be concerned in any way about the mileage - it could even have 100,000 miles less than the previous year. All the tester has to do is record the mileage at the time of the test. If you didn’t give them the previous years certificate, how would they know what mileage it had last year?
 
Yes. 300 miles is no problem. My mum hardly used her car. One year she had only covered 40 miles and 26 of those were done by me bringing it back after one test and taking it in the following year. The tester won’t be concerned in any way about the mileage - it could even have 100,000 miles less than the previous year. All the tester has to do is record the mileage at the time of the test. If you didn’t give them the previous years certificate, how would they know what mileage it had last year?
There's been a recent update with the need to accurately report mileages.

The system gives a prompt if it feels the mileage is too low, too high, or the same as last MOT ( assumes Speedo isn't working).

The mileage can still be the same but the tester has to double check now.
 
Sponsored Links
The system gives a prompt if it feels the mileage is too low, too high, or the same as last MOT ( assumes Speedo isn't working).
I dont know but can the speedo not be working but the mileage still be working. Someone I know had a dodgy speedo that sometimes worked and sometimes not and I think it even read faster at times, so when it ran faster he wasn't registering more mileage that actual. Unless I am miss remembering and it wasn't reeding a higher speed actually ?
 
It only has to work at the time of the test. It is not checked for accuracy. As long as it records a speed as car is driven into test bay, or road test if needed.

It can pack up 2 minutes later and not be an issue

The actual mileage doesn't matter, as long as it is recorded accurately and re checked if prompted
 
It only has to work at the time of the test. It is not checked for accuracy. As long as it records a speed as car is driven into test bay, or road test if needed.

It can pack up 2 minutes later and not be an issue

The actual mileage doesn't matter, as long as it is recorded accurately and re checked if prompted
that applies to every bit being tested.

they only drive it 10 yards into the workshop so be difficult to see if it is working.
 
Out of interest, what would you testers do with this? It's been recorded as miles on the MOT.

IMG_20241130_161659276.jpg
 
Screenshot_20241130-222056.png


It had just arrived from Portugal so probably reasonable to assume km. I'm not hugely bothered but I'd have thought 5 minutes of discussion to agree that it's obviously km.
 
Not sure its legal. Supposed to read mph in UK and have dual kph markings for EU. If its imported from Portugal and registered in UK the markings should have been changed for mph.

???
 
Sponsored Links
Back
Top