Mot advisory what does it mean

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JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Taking your car for an annual MOT is a mandatory obligation that must be carried out as part of your duties of being a car owner. However, when you are given the results, you can often be baffled with MOT lingo, so much so that you might struggle to understand what it all means.

Advisories are a non-mandatory part of an MOT test, whereby your tester is obliged to inform the car owner if:. Therefore, your car can still pass its MOT but be given advisories to take note of.

I have a stainless steel catback exhaust on anyway so it's a little louder than standard although i opted for the mid silencer to quieten it down a bit but it was much louder than normal. It brakes, but just the pedal is quite stiff. It means that there's slight corrosion to the ferrules of the driver's side front brake flexi-pipe. Ok, that's not much help. Each of the front brake calipers is fed by a rubber flexi-pipe that has a metal connecting ferrule crimped on each end so that it can be screwed onto the rigid pipes at one end and the caliper at the other.

Those ferrules are showing some corrosion usually of the crimped band but not to the point that they're likely to fail. It's a CYA advisory to show they've been examined. Either leave alone or brush clean and treat with rust converter if you're really worried - don't do what I've seen occasionally and grease them because grease may affect the rubber pipe.

They will be able to highlight which repairs are the most essential, and which, if any, can be addressed later on. Tyres are commonly discussed as part of the advisory notes. The legal minimum tread of your tyres is 1. This is an important note to check for, as low treads can wear down very quickly, and you could find yourself driving illegally if ignored.

While you are under no legal requirement to adhere to the advisory notes, to not do so can have long-term implications. The issues addressed can lead to your car failing an MOT test over the coming years, as well as making your car less safe, even if it is technically roadworthy.