Is high beam(main beam) part of MOT? do they check?!

 

yes they check........


fail

 

They dont actually; I have had twin headlamped cars pass MOTs with the inner main-beam lamps removed. If you are talking about an all-in-one headlamp then main beam wont be tested at all.


Simon

 

yes it will

 

no it will

 

I believe the rule is, if it's fitted it has to work. That's why the guy with twin lights was able to pass with the units removed, as it wasn't fitted therefore didn't have to work. Dipped beam is tested for alignment.

 

mmmmm difference of opinion here..... always asked to put lights onto main beam when ive had my car tested so assume ( wrongly perhaps ) that it was a requirementfor them to be working.....

any mot testers in the house?

 

As Dave has said, if its fited it should work but main beam itself isnt part of the test. I removed my inners because they were corroded and this caused the car to fail its MOT. Because cars do not have to have anything other than dipped beam, when I removed the inner main beam units the car passed.

Even your speedometer isnt part of the MOT test; Ive just MOTd two imported vehicles and both still had a KMs reading speedos. Conversely, your door interior handles must work but when did you last see those being tested?

 

number plate light not included that i do know.......

 

MOT tests do not make sense, as the rules are weird.
You can pass an mot with only one wheel nut on each wheel if you have wheel trims on but will fail with a nut missing on alloys as they can see it

You can also pass an mot with no lights at all if they are not fitted (daylight mot) the car can then only be used in daylight.

You can pass an mot with no windscreen but if you have a stonechip on the pass side outwith the drivers view it will fail, also if you have a small chip on the drivers side and its within the width of the steering wheel and in the wiper pattern it will fail but if you put tiny wiper blades on that are so small the chip is now outside the pattern it will pass

So the next time you rely on an mot for a guide as to the condition of a car beware its a mad world out there.

 

My mates Porka 911 SC failed for the passenger side interior handle mechanism sticking... which cost £380 to replace... ouch!

 

A failing will occur, resulting in much sadness

 

I learnt a lesson once when I had a stand at an exhibition and the chap next to me drove up the road on a sofa. Kitted out with a Mini engine and sundry bits. Quite legal apparently. I've forgotten but I think he had to have brake lights and number plates but that was about it.

 

Registered for daylight use only.

 

From the MOT manual which is here. Section 1.2. There's the bit about not needing anything if it's a daytime MOT and no lights are fitted (so if your main beams aren't working then you need to totally remove them before a daytime MOT becomes an option), a bit about all cars post Jan 1931 needing lights, then:

"Check that the vehicle is fitted with obligatory headlamps, as follows

a. a matched pair of main beam headlamps, and

b. a matched pair of dipped-beam headlamps

Note: Main-beam and dipped-beam functions may be provided by a
single pair of headlamps."