Landy-Novice Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 evening all, my friend has a vitara which has very rotten outer sills covered by plastic trim, i told him that would fail an MOT and would need welding. i also told him to get him a second opinion! so he did, from a mate who does MOT'S, he checked the inners and there fine but ignored the outers! is it because of the plastic trim or is he just a numbnut? 'cos there must be at least a 2ft hole both sides.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 MOT testers aren't allowed to remove anything as part of the test. Are the outer sills structural? If not providing and they don't present a danger due to sharp edges I don't think there is a problem. A friend had an old banger failed due to rusty door bottoms being dangerous to the public, he was told by the MOT guy to put duct tape on the sharp edges and he would pass it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landy-Novice Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 on mums bmw it failed on outer sill in 09/10 (not this year!, budget mig to the rescue!! ) and ive seen a few disco's on here and ebay with fails due to outer sill.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 This seems to be the relevant bit http://www.ukmot.com/appendixC.asp '- Any structure or panelling which is supportive to either the component mounting or its load bearing member within 30cm of the mounting location. eg. In the examination of a seat belt mounting on an inner sill, consideration must be given to the outer sill, door pillar, floor panel, wheel arch or any other supportive structure within 30cm of the component mounting point.' So it appears they are subject to consideration..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat_pending Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Vitara corroded outer sills usually fail because of the corrosions proximity to either a lower seatbelt mount or a body mounting. Corrosion on the sill in general is not necessarily a failure. If it has the plastic sill covers fitted and the tester can't see the corrosion then he can't fail it, as said, no dismantling allowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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