My fail was also for a worn windscreen wiper.
Are you trying to suggest that they raised the wiper as an observation because of the lift issue?I would be interested to hear from anyone who has had to bring their car in for it's NCT test recently.
My wife's car was due her test last week. I knew beforehand that we would get a "partial fail" because they would not be able to check the under body of the car due to problems with their lifts.
My wife's car also failed because one of her windscreen wipers was seen as worn. This involves her having to replace the wiper and bring it back for a visual inspection. No fee for this. However there is absolutely nothing wrong with the windscreen wiper that failed. We have been using the car in the recent rain/downpours and the wiper is working perfectly. How can they get away with stuff like this?
So we have brought her car once for her test. We have to bring it back again with a new wiper for a visual inspection. We then have to bring it back again for the under carriage to be inspected. It is possible that we may have to bring it back a 4th time if there is a problem here.
Anyone else have similar problems?
Are you trying to suggest that they raised the wiper as an observation because of the lift issue?
But that's the issue @Leo ,IMHO they are not handling it, at least not well.
Update. As I said the wiper has been working perfectly. No swipe marks across the windscreen when on. Clearing all the rain perfectly. So I don't know how he tested it.As above, the condition of the wiper blades is a visual inspection as well as an assessment of how effectively they wipe the area covered.
When were they last changed?
The thread depth on a car should be no less that 1.6 mm I believe. This can be measured.How do they test car tyres?
I presume that they inspect or measure the thread depth.
They don't have to simulate breaking on a wet road.
It would be the same with wipers. They look at the amount of "thread" left.
Not all the test centres have this restriction, if you can travel you could select a centre where the issue has been resolved.
Its on their website - there's a few Dublin area ones.
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