What are my rights concerning MOTs?

[viky]

My car failed it's MOT due to a part that was only fitted 7 months ago (emissions failed due to cat convertor) so I took my car back the garage that fitted it. They replaced some parts free of charge but on the retest the emissions were even higher than before. The garage I got the cat conv from are going to look at my car and get it through it's MOT but I'm concerned that they will do a shoddy job and squeak me through the MOT - are there any regulatory bodies I can speak to if I have any problems? Also they won't give me a new 12 mths warranty on the new parts - are they allowed to do this?

[TWR]

They have replaced a part that was faulty so the Warrantee should still be 12 months, When the car goes through it's emmission test you should have a print out, they can not afford to fiddle that, Should they do the Garage runs the risk of loosing the Cert for MOT's & I dont think they are going to risk that for one car, If you think otherwise, Contact the AA & RAC. Trebor.

[sparkles2006]

You can pay and have your emissions tested afterwardsat an independent garage and if it should fail take it back and claim that fee back from them as well .

[david1702198]

you can ask the garage for an appeal form (vt40) i think it is called dont quote me though been a bit long since i worked in a garage!!! and send that to vosa who will conduct an appeal in conjunction with the garage that teseted the car, th AA and RAC have no power whatsoever as vosa have the facility to carry out independent testing for appeals purposes. as twr says its not worth their while to fiddle the emissions test (although it can be done)!!voas will then contact the garage in order that the same car be tested by the same tester while a vosa official is present and if need be they will carry out a test under mot conditions themselves, this should show up any inconsistencies.