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Joe90

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MOT advice - heads up on Xenons (HIDs)

My MOT guy tells me that wipers (if fitted) and washers on HIDs / Xenons are now part of the MOT. (He didn't realise I had Xenons until I told him - foot in mouth !!) Usually he is very good and doesn't miss a trick

So make sure yours are working properly before MOT

Also while chatting, I asked if with a current MOT the car failed an new MOT test, whether the existing MOT was still valid. No came the answer, as you as the driver would know that the vehicle is in a unfit state to drive. ( So says M.of T. and the Fuzz) .
Experience is the only genuine knowledge, but as time passes, I have forgotten more than I can remember
Volvo V70 P2 2006 2.4 Petrol 170bhp Estate SE
MG Midget Mk1 1962

Previous: L322 Range Rover TDV8 3.6 2008; L322 Range Rover TD6 3.0 2002; P38A Range Rover V8 1999

20th Jun 2012 10:45pm

ric355

Member Since: 02 May 2011
Location: Surrey, UK
Posts: 302

Re: MOT advice - heads up on Xenons (HIDs)

Joe90 wrote:

Also while chatting, I asked if with a current MOT the car failed an new MOT test, whether the existing MOT was still valid. No came the answer, as you as the driver would know that the vehicle is in a unfit state to drive. ( So says M.of T. and the Fuzz)

Your car has to be in a roadworthy state at all times if being driven on the road. Having a valid MOT is never a defence of the current condition of your car.

On the wipers thing, I wonder how many MOT testers realize that there is no actual button to explicitly wash the lights/wipers. If I recall correctly it's something like every third or fifth windscreen wash also washes the lights.

20th Jun 2012 11:28pm

stan
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my headlight wipers clean when the headlights are on and i push the 'once' clean windscreen button..

...and afaik , wipers/jets have always been a mot requirement if you have xenon headlights.. ... - .- -.

Y. O. L. O.
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21st Jun 2012 8:16am

Joe90

Member Since: 29 Apr 2010
Location: Hampshire
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Every time stan? Mine only do it every 6th press .
Experience is the only genuine knowledge, but as time passes, I have forgotten more than I can remember
Volvo V70 P2 2006 2.4 Petrol 170bhp Estate SE
MG Midget Mk1 1962

Previous: L322 Range Rover TDV8 3.6 2008; L322 Range Rover TD6 3.0 2002; P38A Range Rover V8 1999

21st Jun 2012 12:02pm

Andy3681

Member Since: 13 Jan 2012
Location: Newcastle under lyme/ Le Dorat Haute Vienne
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Think your right Joe
First time after headlights are switched on then every five or six windscreen sprays after
And I dont think you can kid it by turning it off and on
Mine was a blue one!

21st Jun 2012 12:16pm

stan
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this is what the manual says and to be honest i just notice it the first time..

... - .- -.

Y. O. L. O.
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21st Jun 2012 1:01pm

stu

Member Since: 04 May 2011
Location: Richmond North Yorkshire
Posts: 927

xenons are self leveling too, unlike normal lights which have a switch to adjust the height Current: TDV8 (3.6) RRS HSE

Past: TDV8(4.4) Vogue
Discovery 3 Commercial
TDV8(3.6) Vogue
TD6 Vogue
D2 V8 ES
D1 V8 ES
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21st Jun 2012 6:43pm

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