Engine Warning Light

[derekpara]

Is a dashboard warning light an MOT failure ?

Cheers.

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[johnny.5]

Yes, your car will fail its MOT if your Engine Management Light remains on when the engine has been started. Under the new MOT rules, it is now classed as a major fault.

[Buenchico]

^^^Agreed.

Here's the manual testers must work to:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-inspection-manual-for-private-passenger-and-light-commercial-vehicles/8-nuisance

Clicking on 'Exhaust emissions', and then scrolling well down takes you to 'Engine malfunction indicator lamp (engine management light or ‘EML’)', where the tester is given this instruction:
"Turn on the ignition and check that the engine malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) illuminates and then goes off. On some vehicles it will be necessary to start the engine before the MIL goes off".

The table of defects below that then shows that an engine management light which fails to extinguish once the ignition has been turned on (or once the engine has been started) is classed as a 'Major' fault.

[johnny.5]

unless of course you take it to blind Bob Autos

[derekpara]

Thanks everyone.

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