{"id":2213,"date":"2015-08-27T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ukcarline.co.uk\/news\/?p=2213"},"modified":"2015-08-26T15:58:06","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T15:58:06","slug":"is-your-mot-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukcarline.co.uk\/news\/is-your-mot-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your MoT Wrong?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MOT-Test.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h1>15% of MoT Tests are Found to be Incorrect<\/h1>\n<p>Research conducted by Auto Express suggests that 1 in 7 MoT tests are incorrect.<\/p>\n<p>Obtained figures from the DVSA&#8217;s annual MoT Compliance Survey show 15% of results were incorrect, with 18% of those given a pass when they should have failed. Furthermore 11% received fails when they should have been passed. Faults that were missed or ignored were found in almost a third of vehicles tested.<\/p>\n<p>The statistics from 2014 was taken from a ransom sample of 1,800 vehicle testing stations, and showed an increase of 2% in errors over the previous year.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The DVSA continues to take the quality of MoT testing seriously. Garages who fail to meet the required standards risk having their licence to carry our MoT testing withdrawn&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Further data analysis by Auto Express revealed an average of 9% of all new vehicles fail their first MoT after 3 years, meaning of the 2.4 million new cars registered last year an estimated 222,879 will fail their MoT in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Already or interested in leasing a car? Read our <a href=\"\/page\/maintenance-service\/\"><strong>Maintenance Service<\/strong> guide here, and see how you can keep the cost of maintaining your brand new car to a minimum.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoexpress.co.uk\/car-news\/consumer-news\/92590\/its-official-15-per-cent-of-mot-verdicts-are-incorrect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Auto Express<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>15% of MoT Tests are Found to be Incorrect Research conducted by Auto Express suggests that 1 in 7 MoT tests are incorrect. 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