The Peugeot 508 RXH I drive for work recently had its first MOT. I was intrigued by the one advisory returned "Under trays fitted to vehicle"
Mike
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5 years ago
MOT advisory
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5 years ago
That's not an uncommon one. It means "my view of some components was restricted because of undertrays".
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So what happens when the car starts rusting above the under trays?
Mike
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5 years ago
Muddymike pretended :
Tough - they are not allowed to disassemble to inspect..
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5 years ago
You die in a crash but the MOT tester has covered his ass.
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the undertrays collect the rust flakes so you know nothing about it.
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I think it's like the 'child seat fitted' one that I get, meaning they are unable to check one of the seat belts.
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What if a farmer takes his landy in after driving cross country and through plenty of cowshit ?.
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5 years ago
In my experience, a lot of backstreet garages, when they need to take them off to do any work, they never replace them.
Or worse still, damage them, lose some of the fixings and only half fix so that it falls off when you go through a pothole or over a speed bump.
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They can fail a dirty vehicle.
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I've had my car since a year old.
15 years on I found out there was supposed to be an undertray under the engine. There never has been. Main dealer serviced only up to that point... it's not just the backstreet boys.Andy
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Indeed. Neighbours SIL bought an 06 Insignia in 2011. first owner was Enterprise car rentals and the sevice book showed full service by a Vauxhall main agent in Slough and indicated that plugs and air filter had been replaced at correct mileage. .... except that the air-cleaner and the pollen filter were almost black with s**te and both had manufacturing dates of early 2006 which means they were the originals from new. !!
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A mate used to take on quite a few company vehicles in his garage if they kept them on after the warranty period.
They were all typically 'stamped up' with the right service stamps from the main dealer but it was obvious many things had never been checked / adjusted / replaced.
Cheers, T i m
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Some years ago I had a Seat Ibiza - the first model produced entirely under VW control. I damaged the undertray in a flood, and the dealer, when i asked about the (not insgnicant) cost of a new one , they said "don't bother, we take them off the high-mileage Inca (VW Caddy) vans because all the fixings wear out with all the oil changes", so I didn't bother, but now personally I'd rather have them for the dirt and noise reduction.