My Van Failed MOT

[BoozyDave]

I took my work van in for the service and MOT today

yep, it failed, needs new discs and pads on the front, 2 new CV boots, 2 new handbrake cables and a bit of welding underneath

probably the best part of £500 :(

[Jay762]

mine needed CV boots as well but they were advisories must have been the brakes that failed it - are you doing the work yourself?

[BoozyDave]

no, it's in my local garage. I've gone there for years and they always do a good job for a fair price.

 

personally I CBA doing stuff like that myself ;)

[stants]

Citroën/pug/fiat derivative ?

My dispatch failed every year as soon as the 3 year grace period was up on the same things apart from the welding,

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[Gambit]

Had a pug van past most years with no problem. Think it only ever had a brake problem and CV joint problem in about 8 years of owning it, and I hate french cars :D 

[stants]

Berlingo was the only one that never had any problems, dispatch used to eat tyres,ball joints, cv's not to mention the 2 flywheels 2 clutches and gearbox in the space of 75k

[BoozyDave]

It's a merc Vito 108cdi, I've only had it a couple of months too, it's got FSH and had a new clutch in August. It's a good runner, once it's done it should be fine for another 12 month's

[BoozyDave]

Just got the bill

£605!!!!

[Gambit]

Just got the bill

£605!!!!

Bargain 

[Jay762]

mines a vito - the CV boots are a common failure with them - did mine myself - but I have time at the moment - £25 in parts but did struggle getting the nearside drive shaft out :)

[BoozyDave]

He's said they are common too, but they are specific and you can't use universal ones.

The discs were heavily scored, last time pads must have worn down to metal and damaged the discs, but only the pads were replaced

[Jay762]

thats true - they are different between years as well you have to watch that