Free MOTs - beware!
I took advantage of a "Free MOT" with National Tyres and Auto Centres linked with an AA membership offer. A little sceptical as to how they financed this, but having taken my car to the main dealers for pads all round and front discs, National failed it on the MOT 4 weeks later for pitted and corroded rear discs.
A trip back to the main dealer and the MOT was granted - the rear discs they say should be good for another year or more and the pads are (obviously) fine. A "Free MOT" becomes very expensive if unscrupulous garages insist on unnecessary repairs. Is there a history of this sort of behaviour by National and other "players"?
A trip back to the main dealer and the MOT was granted - the rear discs they say should be good for another year or more and the pads are (obviously) fine. A "Free MOT" becomes very expensive if unscrupulous garages insist on unnecessary repairs. Is there a history of this sort of behaviour by National and other "players"?
Asked on 12 February 2013 by RMP
Answered by
Honest John
Of course there is. But actually pitted rear discs are a legitimate fail.
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