My pulsar failed a WOF today on very very minor stuff. I feel guy was way over the top. Can I elect to take it elsewhere and potentially get a WOF.
bill-robinson,
Nov 24, 12:06pm
what is 'very,very minor stuff'
dmlpcarillo,
Nov 24, 12:09pm
x1
yup n pay for another wof
noswalg,
Nov 24, 12:10pm
Well there's a set standard and if doesn't meet all of it then it's a fail, my understanding is you can pay for another inspection somewhere else and they can see it's failed (if they bothered to check) but not what for.
tintop,
Nov 24, 12:13pm
Minor stuff ?
If its only minor - get it fixed and get back within the recheck (1 month) time ?
Or balance the chances of another fail, with more serious stuff being discovered! lol
bjmh,
Nov 24, 12:19pm
yer go for it,its not as if its a safety inspection. tui
poppajn,
Nov 24, 12:23pm
What price for safety?
toysky,
Nov 24, 12:28pm
It had the smallest amount t of surface rust in top of hatch. Had to get a letter from panel beater to say it's OK. Have got that. A wee hole in a headlight been there for yrs. Failed that as water can get in. 2mm hole. Front tire can't see a thing wrong with it.
tintop,
Nov 24, 12:32pm
You cant see? What does the report say ?
msigg,
Nov 24, 1:00pm
Yes I'm with you on this toysky, the tyre checked/swapped/replaced will need to be checked, can you put the spare on, the rust spot could be nit picking or could be more underneath, call into a panel beater and see what they say, the light hole, put glue over it' some inspectors can be more fussy, give them a bit of clout and they use it, may not be the case, but yea some of the warrant check is not about safety, ie number plates
elect70,
Nov 24, 1:10pm
when going for WOf make sure there is no rust anywhere near pillars or door hinges . if they reject it & require certified repair your up for mega $
toysky,
Nov 24, 3:44pm
Went to a panel beater this noon , wrote me a note to say only surface rust
tweake,
Nov 24, 4:51pm
hole in headlight, think of its this way. you have had a freebe for years. its common enough have had it several times.
tire, what does the report say is wrong with it? otherwise post a pic of tire and tread.
intrade,
Nov 24, 5:22pm
i have a funny one from a naigbour his 1978 volvo failed a wof because there was no power steer fluid in the power steer unit, as the wof man whom passed it like this the last 6+ years opened the lid and it was dry in there Guy told him you always passed it like this no can do must fix, so he turns up here and asks if he can look if the volvo wrack under a tree here has a pump i say why and he tells me his above story. i said Why in the hell did you never remove the junk that dont works on this car no one in this country would ever know that old left hand drive car was supposed to have power steering . So here is what you do i said You remove the crap and make it so as if it never had power steering and you book it in somwhere else and pay for a new wof it be cheaper then to try and fix this thing as the steering rack bush was shot when i got him the car it has play like hell but hey its passing a wof and its only annoying clonking noise , so even putting a good pump wont fix that power steering and the racks wont fit because its a left hand drive. So off he went removed the crap and booked it elsewhere and got his wof lol
kazbanz,
Nov 25, 5:24am
So 3 issues-all easily fixed. headlight will cost $30 at pick a part. $40 for a tyre on the rim. the rust. 2 minutes with sandpaper to prove its surface rust. -OR take it to another WOF place -they find the same faults or more due to showing as a WOF fail. You still don't have a WOF but now are out another $40 odd dollars. Im NOT recommending a second hand tyre incidently Im just saying that for $70 and a bit of time the car would be road legal again
rpvr,
Nov 25, 5:38am
Nothing wrong with second hand tyres, I've bought them for years and never had an issue. If money is tight, in my view it is better to select good brands of second hand tyres rather than fit new budget tyres.
bjmh,
Nov 25, 5:48am
A couple of points re intrade. after I decipher. if you remove the power steering it would need to have a LVVT cert to make it legal. pffhht you say .O.K the car after you work on it crashes ,N.Z.T.A investigate and discover the vehicle originally had power-steering,then find you changed it and didn't follow due process. they will nail your ass to the cross. sh.t flows downhill and you are at the bottom.Then they will go after the wof issuer who duped by your customer issued a wof incorrectly.
supernova2,
Nov 25, 8:55am
In most cases power steer not working makes for very strong arms. Any wof guy with half a brain would notice. Mind you if it was a testing station with no road test most likely would never find the power steer not working.
kcc55a,
Nov 25, 9:13am
Be nice if it was purely for Safety, but much of the time is purely because some suit in Wellingon has decided that t should be part of the WoF standard
eagles9999,
Nov 25, 9:23am
Go somewhere else for a check. Pay the $55 and the chances areit will get a WoF. Had a similar issue with my old "gopher" car an Avenir. Got a WoF check done by a garage that specialised in "While u waits" and it needed 4 new shocks and an engine oil leak fixed. VTNZ passed it the next day as it was.
tintop,
Nov 25, 9:34am
After consultation with the Motor industry the AA and the legislation.
A wof check also proves that the car actually exists, and that the make, model, year, vin and registration plates are all in order.
tintop,
Nov 25, 9:51am
And the chances are that the op will spend $55 and get turned down again.
And the op still has not come clean with the wof report on the tyre that had 'nothing ' wrong with it.
mm12345,
Nov 25, 10:35am
There's a date code on tyres. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=11 There is something potentially wrong with second hand tyres if they're old, particularly wet grip as the compound hardens. Hard to say how old is too old, but I'd call it quits at about 5 years to be safe. I dumped a full set of "good" Falkens on my wife's car last year, tyres were about 8 years old with plenty of tread as the car only does very low mileage. They'd slowly gone from being incredibly good to stupidly dangerous in about 5 years - during which time the car had done less than 10,000km.
bill-robinson,
Nov 25, 10:41am
they are ok. lots of them have been crash tested. new tyres are not tested at all
elect70,
Nov 25, 1:50pm
Each tester has his own ideas.(VTNZ ) My BMW was refused WOF because headlights beams were too high , time before said too low & refused WOf . Cant win , so went to local garage that doesnt have a beam tester & passed
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