Simon Mac Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Took the car to Halfords for it's MOT (I know) and it failed on headlight adjustment Realignment = £12 Or I could fix it and bring it back for a retest =£17 Guess which I chose... Still £35 and done within walking distance from work could have been much worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
un1eash Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Brave taking your car to Halfords for mot. Jack an Elise up wrong and your asking for trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Mac Posted July 10, 2014 Author Share Posted July 10, 2014 Brave taking your car to Halfords for mot. Jack an Elise up wrong and your asking for trouble. I did let them know how to jack it up when I dropped it off My first Lotus was an Exige S on a full maintenance contract hire... Had no choice back then taking it to the Kwikfit/Halfords of this world as that's who the CH company had accounts with. TBH they were always extra careful as it was a bit out of the ordinary for the fitters to be working on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 No retest fee for failure with lighting, you have been had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Mac Posted July 10, 2014 Author Share Posted July 10, 2014 No retest fee for failure with lighting, you have been had I was intrigued by this, so I checked on .gov website. Within next working day no fee is payable on the following faults, blah, blah... The specific item was: "lamps (excluding headlamp aim)" As they failed the car on headlamp aim, a retest fee was payable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr H Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 If it failed on headlamp alignment how can the fault be "lamps (excluding headlamp aim)"? Sounds like they used a fault description that wasn't appropriate to the actual fault - so they could charge a retest fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Mac Posted July 11, 2014 Author Share Posted July 11, 2014 If it failed on headlamp alignment how can the fault be "lamps (excluding headlamp aim)"? Sounds like they used a fault description that wasn't appropriate to the actual fault - so they could charge a retest fee. My fault for causing confusion. The reason for failure on the print out was: "Nearside headlight aim to low [1.8]", Which I'd paraphrased as "It failed on headlight alignment" So it is correct it would need a retest fee if I took the vehicle away, according to .GOV's allowed free retest rule of: "lamps (excluding headlamp aim)" The work carried out according to the invoice was "Headlight re-allignment". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr H Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Ah -sorry I misread too. The retest fee applies if the headlamp aim has to be adjusted. Lamps (excluding aim) - will be things like blown bulbs etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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