MOT failure?

[timbeau]

MOT failure - does not having a spare tyre mean an MOT failure?

[Toureman]

NO. Don't worry about it.

[steve2010]

no,its not part of the test

[MORELLO]

A faulty spare tyre can cause an MOT failure. If present. It's not a requirement to actually have a spare tyre in the car.

[oldhamfan]

My Seat Altea doesn't even come with a spare! Comes with a bottle of tyre weld and a compressor.

[david1702198]

a spare tyre is not obligatory for an mot but if it is not present then the car could fail for an insecure spare wheel carrier.

[__LEE__]

the spare tyre can be totally bald and still pass the mot test

[MORELLO]

Don't put your car in for an MOT with a bald spare tyre...

[__LEE__]

Morello... I have done thousands of MOT's.. and i have never checked the spare tyre condition.......guess again.

[MORELLO]

Really...

[samuel23]

re David's answer ~The spare on my car (like many others) is located under the floor on the inside of the boot, so if it was missing it wouldn't make any dfference.
I put the car in for it's first MOT last year (December) and the spare was wrecked. I'd had a puncture over the Christmas break and the tyre had partly shredded. The car had to be MOT'd before I'd had a chance to get a new tyre fitted on the spare but it still passed. The testing station said as it wasnt usable it didn't matter, and even if it was bald it would only count if it were to be 'in contact with the road' i.e. fitted on the car. It would then become part of the test criteria.

[McNoodle]

I failed an MOT once for a baldy spare tyre. I just remove it now if it's not up to scratch.

[TiSwAs73]

From the governments website.

Wheels and tyres - condition, security, tyre size and type, and tread depth. Spare tyres are not tested.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVe hicle/Mot/DG_10016070

So if it is tested and failed then u can appeal