ABS - why worry.

#1

Who has been stopped an MOT with an ABS failure?
Mine is totally screwed, but passes it twice - light off.
Do they check - I was told they have a chart now and was
pappin me kecks second time

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#2

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polterposty <polterposty (AT) mouse-potato (DOT) com> mused:

Quote:

Who has been stopped an MOT with an ABS failure?
Mine is totally screwed, but passes it twice - light off.
Do they check - I was told they have a chart now and was
pappin me kecks second time

replyin to meself.
Is the ABS an MOT failure?

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TTFN, polterposty.

#3

polterposty <polterposty (AT) mouse-potato (DOT) com> wrote

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In news:2DTvb.11911$lm1.86260 (AT) wards (DOT) force9.net,
polterposty <polterposty (AT) mouse-potato (DOT) com> mused:
Who has been stopped an MOT with an ABS failure?
Mine is totally screwed, but passes it twice - light off.
Do they check - I was told they have a chart now and was
pappin me kecks second time

replyin to meself.
Is the ABS an MOT failure?

Not AFAIK. Try uk.r.c.maintenance

#4

Quote:

Who has been stopped an MOT with an ABS failure?
Mine is totally screwed, but passes it twice - light off.
Do they check - I was told they have a chart now and was
pappin me kecks second time

replyin to meself.
Is the ABS an MOT failure?

AFAIK, ABS is not actually checked on the MoT (because not all cars have
it - or need it) but if the light is on they'll fail it.

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#5

Steve Knight (steve.kXnigXht1 (AT) bluXeyonXder (DOT) co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying :

Quote:

Who has been stopped an MOT with an ABS failure?
Mine is totally screwed, but passes it twice - light off.
Do they check - I was told they have a chart now and was pappin me
kecks second time

replyin to meself.
Is the ABS an MOT failure?

AFAIK, ABS is not actually checked on the MoT (because not all cars have
it - or need it) but if the light is on they'll fail it.

If it's fitted, it's got to work - well, the light has to behave
"correctly".

http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_340.htm

#6

Quote:

If it's fitted, it's got to work - well, the light has to behave
"correctly".

Like I said, just the light. There's no actual test in the MoT to engage
the ABS and see if it's working.

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#7

Steve Knight (steve.kXnigXht1 (AT) bluXeyonXder (DOT) co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying :

Quote:

AFAIK, ABS is not actually checked on the MoT (because not all cars have
it - or need it) but if the light is on they'll fail it.

If it's fitted, it's got to work - well, the light has to behave
"correctly".

Like I said, just the light. There's no actual test in the MoT to engage
the ABS and see if it's working.

It should also fail if ABS is fitted but the light doesn't come on with the
ignition in the recognised self-test pattern. This is intended, I think, to
stop people just removing the bulb.

But, no, there's no actual test to see if it's actually *working* or if the
bulb's just been connected to the oil pressure sensor....

#8

"Doki" <doki (AT) SPAMMENOTspidar (DOT) com> wrote

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polterposty <polterposty (AT) mouse-potato (DOT) com> wrote in message
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In news:2DTvb.11911$lm1.86260 (AT) wards (DOT) force9.net,
polterposty <polterposty (AT) mouse-potato (DOT) com> mused:
Who has been stopped an MOT with an ABS failure?
Mine is totally screwed, but passes it twice - light off.
Do they check - I was told they have a chart now and was
pappin me kecks second time

replyin to meself.
Is the ABS an MOT failure?

Not AFAIK. Try uk.r.c.maintenance

If fitted, ABS has to work. The ABS light is expected to initially
illuminate then go out. If not fitted it doesn't have to happen.
--
James

#9

"Adrian" <spamtrap (AT) achapman (DOT) freeisp.co.uk> wrote

Quote:

It should also fail if ABS is fitted but the light doesn't come on with
the
ignition in the recognised self-test pattern. This is intended, I think,
to
stop people just removing the bulb.

But, no, there's no actual test to see if it's actually *working* or if
the
bulb's just been connected to the oil pressure sensor....

Why is non functioning ABS (ok, a dodgy light, which is usually because of
non functioning ABS) an MOT faluire? A car with ABS fitted that's not
functioning behaves no different under braking than a non ABS fitted
vehicle.

#10

Michael Rodgers (news (AT) network-southeast (DOT) co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying :

Quote:

It should also fail if ABS is fitted but the light doesn't come on
with the ignition in the recognised self-test pattern. This is
intended, I think, to stop people just removing the bulb.

But, no, there's no actual test to see if it's actually *working* or
if the bulb's just been connected to the oil pressure sensor....

Why is non functioning ABS (ok, a dodgy light, which is usually because
of non functioning ABS) an MOT faluire? A car with ABS fitted that's
not functioning behaves no different under braking than a non ABS
fitted vehicle.

Erm, erm, erm... Because. Don't ask silly questions. Just because.

Same for windbags.

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