An MOT test costs £54.85 at Arnold Clark.
You can be fined up to £1,000 for driving a vehicle without a valid MOT. You can get an MOT up to a month (minus a day) before it runs out and keep the same renewal date. If your MOT runs out on 15 May, the earliest you can get an MOT to keep the same renewal date for next year is 16 April.
If you get to within 10 days of the expiry date of your tax and you have been unable to secure an MOT appointment or your tax has expired, fill in the short notice appointment request form(external link opens in a new window / tab) . You will need to give the following information: vehicle registration number.
Vehicles that fail their MOT are deemed unroadworthy and must not be driven on roads, with exceptions for driving to a garage. Driving without a valid MOT certificate is illegal and can result in fines, driving bans, and invalidated insurance.
If your car has failed an MOT, it means there are things which need to be fixed and therefore you cannot drive. However, you will get ten days in which you can drive to have repairs done and get a retest to ensure your vehicle is safe. After those ten days are up, it becomes illegal to drive the vehicle.
The most common MOT fails and how to avoid them Lighting and signalling (18.9%) RAC. Suspension (13%) ... Brakes (10%) ... Tyres (7.7%) ... Issues affecting the driver's view of the road (7.2%)
Leaving your vehicle for repair You only need a partial retest if you leave the vehicle at the test centre for repair and it's retested within 10 working days.
Abort/Abandon/Cancel a test 1 . VTS incident 2 . Incorrect location 3 . Test equipment issue 4 . accident or illness of tester 5 . Inspection maybe dangerous or cause damage 6 . Aborted by VE 7 . Registered in error
Vehicles that fail their MOT are deemed unroadworthy and must not be driven on roads, with exceptions for driving to a garage. Driving without a valid MOT certificate is illegal and can result in fines, driving bans, and invalidated insurance.