Car Failed MOT on my headlight bulbs.

  1. Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Valleys - South Wales Posts: 256 Saxo Mk2 1.1i Forte
    #1
    Just had MOT on my car.

    IT failed.

    Reason: Front headlight (Blue) Colour mismatch.

    which i dont understand because they r daylight white headlights, both exactly the same and also they r the same bulbs i had for the last MOT.

    does any1 know if the VOSA has changed the whole lighting thing? i know there was a think about HID's that were going to change but these arnt even HID's they r xenon bulbs i got.

    On the box they are E marked and it says Road Legal...

    now i got my fuckin mother bitching at me saying i got blue lights coz the fuckin MOT sheet says so lol... eventho she looks at my lights and they arnt even blue. XD.....
  2. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jan 2009 Gateshead Posts: 136 16v'd Black n Orange Furio :p
    #2
    chill out... Have a cuppa... By sum shitty yellow nasty bulbs (standard).. Put them in and take it for re-test
  3. Saxperience Addict Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 11714 A6 Le Mans tuned/A3 TFSI tuned
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    change the bulb and man up tbh. And lol at your MOT tester. I had a dim rear brake bulb 2 years ago, they changed it and passed the car.

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    are. hv u gt kybord?

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    holy shit, almost there.
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  4. Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Valleys - South Wales Posts: 256 Saxo Mk2 1.1i Forte
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    i was typing quick and decided not to type "are"

    yeah i will but i dont understand why they passed last year and now failed.
  5. Saxperience Addict Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 11714 A6 Le Mans tuned/A3 TFSI tuned
    #5
    bulbs do fail sometimes. Like I said, I had a dim one that was barely 6 months old. You can actually get some damage when going over bumps and holes with your lights on. Then the MOT guy has measuring tools to measure the bulb brightness and colour.


    what I don't get is why they didn't change the bulbs and moved on.
  6. Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Valleys - South Wales Posts: 256 Saxo Mk2 1.1i Forte
    #6
    well i have now, but i was just curious if there have been any changes causing them to pass the first time and then fail a year later.
  7. Saxperience Addict Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 11714 A6 Le Mans tuned/A3 TFSI tuned
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    Read above.. Can be anything, could even be you leaving a tiny bit of finger print if you touched them. Bulbs wear out, the rate at which they wear out is about the same as the age of the captain divided by how long is a piece of string. Could be a defect, could be your previous MOT center not detecting the fault in the first place, etc...
  8. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2010 Stourbridge Posts: 7338 Nissan 200sx S14a
    #8
    Different tester?

    Can't believe they failed you because of a bulb. I've had all sorts go wrong on my cars and the testers just fix it there and send me on my way. Much less hassle for both parties and everything gets sorted.
  9. Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Valleys - South Wales Posts: 256 Saxo Mk2 1.1i Forte
    #9
    Nah exactly the same tester, i have to go and ask him about it.

    Usually if anything like that is wrong he fixes and passes it for me but not sure why this time. I think the garage got new owners so perhaps they have clamped down hard on the MOT's.

    Maybe, we will see anyway, i'll go and ask him when he gets home from work.
  10. Saxperience Addict Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 11714 A6 Le Mans tuned/A3 TFSI tuned
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    Originally Posted by holdawayt View Post
    Can't believe they failed you because of a bulb. I've had all sorts go wrong on my cars and the testers just fix it there and send me on my way. Much less hassle for both parties and everything gets sorted.
    same opinion here, a bulb costs sod all and takes seconds to change.
  11. Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Valleys - South Wales Posts: 256 Saxo Mk2 1.1i Forte
    #11
    Yes i agree, i have a spare set in my car incase i have a bulb out.

    But like i said in a previous post im curious as to why it passed with them last year and failed with them this year.
  12. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2006 Maidstone Posts: 8210 Golf TDI
    #12
    You are complaining because your Saxo failed on a bulb?

    Just change them to normal ones, re-mot and swap them back after

    Think yourself lucky that it didn't fail on anything more serious or you may have topped yourself!
  13. Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Valleys - South Wales Posts: 256 Saxo Mk2 1.1i Forte
    #13
    yes i know.

    Some reason it failing on something so simple as bulb really pissed me off

    it will be sorted soon as i eat my dinner haha xD
  14. Saxperience Addict Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 11714 A6 Le Mans tuned/A3 TFSI tuned
    #14
    ^^^ this
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    Originally Posted by JFox View Post
    Yes i agree, i have a spare set in my car incase i have a bulb out.

    But like i said in a previous post im curious as to why it passed with them last year and failed with them this year.
    ask your MOT tester, he most likely had an excellent reason to pass the first time and fail the second. And always change your bulbs in pairs or you'll fail again as they still will be mismatched
  15. Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Valleys - South Wales Posts: 256 Saxo Mk2 1.1i Forte
    #15
    I will indeed. It will be interesting to know.

    I also gotta pay him for the MOT ^^
  16. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by devilsadvocate View Post
    You are complaining because your Saxo failed on a bulb?

    Just change them to normal ones, re-mot and swap them back after

    Think yourself lucky that it didn't fail on anything more serious or you may have topped yourself!
    I`ve just read the post & thought it`s failed then read again & thought is that all bloody hell there`s a million worse things it could`ve failed on.
  17. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2011 Abermule, Mid Wales. Posts: 2763 Corsa Rally Car & Fiesta ST
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    Originally Posted by JFox View Post
    Yes i agree, i have a spare set in my car incase i have a bulb out.

    But like i said in a previous post im curious as to why it passed with them last year and failed with them this year.
    so you had a spare set of bulbs in your car, it failed MOT on bulbs, and you didnt give the tester your spare set to put in there and then and pass the test?
  18. Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Valleys - South Wales Posts: 256 Saxo Mk2 1.1i Forte
    #18
    I wasnt there when he tested it.

    The tester i know lives in my street so we leave the keys with him and he takes it for the MOT (dodgy i know)

    i would have assumed he would have changed the bulbs (he usually does if something like that goes wrong) but this time he didnt.
  19. Saxperience Addict Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 11714 A6 Le Mans tuned/A3 TFSI tuned
    #19
    You've said that 3-4 times already. Change bulbs, retest, move on. Not a big deal at all tbh.
  20. Established Member Joined: Feb 2009 Derby Posts: 1153 VW Passat 1.9tdi 150
    #20
    swap bulbs over for 10 mins while he does a retest and and put your white ones back in no big deal i bet most people wish this was there only problem when it comes to a mot
  21. Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Valleys - South Wales Posts: 256 Saxo Mk2 1.1i Forte
    #21
    its all done, just gotta sort out the retest ^^
  22. Established Member Joined: Sep 2010 loughborough Posts: 2229 1988 ford fiesta mk2 1.4- 2001 black saxo furio (d
    #22
    if the sidelight doesn't give a clear beam

    i.e it give a slightly bue tint to the light then it will fail