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MOT Class Question
Sooty:
I took my 1989 Defender 110 for MOT today and was told by the tester that it needs a class 7 MOT.
Untill now it has always had a class 5 but the man says it is a goods vehicle between 3 and 3.5 tons and therefore needs a class 7.
The V5 says its MGW is 2999KG but the VIN plate says 3050KG and that is what he is going but.
There must be someone out there who knows the answer so please tell me, is it a class 5 or 7, is the V5 right or is the VIN plate right.
Rich_P:
It should be a class 4 test, due to the vehicle's specification.
Sooty:
--- Quote from: "Rich_P" ---It should be a class 4 test, due to the vehicle's specification.
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So what your saying is the V5 is correct not the VIN plate?
Wolfie:
Defenders are class 4 as they are dual purpose vehicles. Has been covered before, have a look at http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?p=254602&highlight=mot#254602
Jimbo's heavy duty spec 110 also passed a Class 4 test http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?p=307550&highlight=mot#307550
Both my 110's have gone through without problems.
Regards
Wolfie
Jimbo:
Yep, all this talk about Class 7 is ballcocks - if the MoT station rings the VOSA helpline (and they are very helpful), the nice peeps on the end of the phone will confirm that (even a 110 hardtop) is a 'dual purpose' vehicle (basically, it needs to have more than one seat, and be able to have all 4 wheels driven at the same time).....and a dual purpose vehicle (providing its UNLADEN weight is less than 2040kgs) can be tested as Class 4.
I gave up with my usual local MoT places, as they were not prepared to listen. Instead I phoned another local garage who are Saab & LR specialists, they said Class 7 to start with, then agreed to go and read the latest version of the MoT testers manual, then phoned VOSA, then phoned me back and thanked me as they'd been doing themselves out of business by telling all the local farmers with 110's to go elsewhere.
The only vehicle that will probably have to go Class 7 are the 127/130's as their unladen weight will probably be over the magic 2040kgs.
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