Is my MOT fake......?

Question

I bought my car a while ago and the day before i bought it the girl i was buying it off put it through its MOT. She gave me the certificates and everything to prove it.

However, fairly recently i was stopped by the police and they said my wheels stick too far out from the side of the car, so they need wider wheel arches. Surely the MOT people would have noticed this and failed the MOT???

Answer 1

Grey area...what did the Police say? It would be the problem of the garage, not you, if they insisted the car wasn't legally MOT'd...however, the garage could just say the tyres/wheels were not like that when they MOT'd the vehicle...I'd get a fresh MOT to show the Police you were willing to listen to them...

Answer 2

the mot testers should have noticed...but they may not have..

just cos a car passed its mot on a monday  doesnt mean its legal to drive on a tuesday...check online and see your mot history of the car.

Answer 3

You can check if an MOT is real on line ( look on the back of the certificate it tells you how )

The seller could have easily swapped the wheels to get the car through the MOT then put the others back on.

Or your need wider arches or put smaller wheels back on

Answer 4

Youi can check your car's MOT history online by going to this web site and entering the details.

It's free.

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Answer 5

it is down to the garage and the woman you bought it from, not you.

Answer 6

It could be fake, or it could be the coppers being bored and picking on you, or it could be a lazy MOT inspector, or they could have changed the wheels to get it through the MOT and then changed them back, or the law could have changed.

Answer 7

I think you're asking the wrong question. Assuming it's not an out-and-out forgery then when an MOT is issued it is, by definition, valid (even if it passing an MOT is questionable). Check it using the link below.

The real question you should be asking is "should the car have passed the MOT" when it has a feature such as this. Wheels protruding from the arches would not usually incur a failure but that doesn't automatically equate to the item being road legal (it's a common misconception that if a vehicle passes an MOT it is legal to be on the road but this is not true as it could have several features that would not be tested during an MOT and allow a vehicle to pass yet could still be deemed illegal).

http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/jsp/ECSID-Inte...

Answer 8

Easy way to check - ring the MOT station or ring the MOT test authentication dept listed on the MOT.

All MOT's now should be on computer - they will be able to tell you in seconds