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muddyjames:
I took my Dads vw Sharan people mover in for an MOT for him once and he had removed the rear 2 seats to fit a great dane in the back. The seat belts were still there and the MOTguy said no seat = no fail. If it isnt there he cant test it.

I actually had the back seat of my rover filled up with caravan tat once, and I couldnt even see the seat! They didnt test the seat belt then!

carbore:
If you diddnt already know if are building a racer and stick 4 point belts in that you intend to use on the road then the belts need to have the red push button on to technically pass the MOT/SVA, I cant rememberifanyofthese will be up to spec for whatever racing you are doine (FIA cert etc)  That said my Elise has 3 inch sparco FIA spec belts with a center quick release and its passed the last few mot ok, so do many other people, however the odd one gets picked up on by a knowledgeable/pedantic tester.

The reason is that standard belt releases aid emergency services when looking to get you out in a hurry/smoke/dark etc. Not sure if anyone who works as such thinks this is problem for the odd car?

carbore:
oops just looked at the site and see its nothing to do with racing, Good luck. (note above still applies to off road mods etc)

ben_haynes:

--- Quote from: discowoman on February 04, 2008, 19:58:41 ---thought that it was based on HOW IT WAS MANUFACTURED??
Ie if it was a 5 seater - then it has to have 5 belts.....BUT we have car seats fitted - and they have always been N/A for rear belts as they cannot remove the car seat to test them..

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they will fail it as they are fitted so they have to test it we had one the other day but the MOT tester said "tough remove it"

skip:
Am I right in thinking that If a car was made before 1984, that rear seatbelts are not mandatory. I only say it as some years ago I had a 1980 capri with no belts in the back.

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