MOT - brake pad warning light ?

Rotty · 5 Sep 2011 at 22:03

Got my MOT booked tomorrow but earlier today the brake pad light came on amd it will prob take me a few days to get them replaced

Is this an issue for the MOT ?

Cupra · 5 Sep 2011 at 22:45

if the brake has sufficent wear then that is a fail so it depends how much meat is left ont he pads for the light to come on, id have thought a failure will be on its way if the light is accurate

DiG · 5 Sep 2011 at 22:48

My car passed its MOT the other week with 4 seperate warning messages. They said the MOT doesn't cover warning lights etc

Don't know what the official line is though

Rotty · 5 Sep 2011 at 22:59

Cupra said:
if the brake has sufficent wear then that is a fail so it depends how much meat is left ont he pads for the light to come on, id have thought a failure will be on its way if the light is accurate

I would imagine the light comes on well before they become dangerous

Hyburnate · 5 Sep 2011 at 23:02

Don't drive like a maniac and no heavy breaking and you should be alright

Lopéz · 5 Sep 2011 at 23:04

Minimum pad thickness is 1.5mm so unless it's down that far, it won't fail - light or no light.

Cupra · 5 Sep 2011 at 23:06

Rotty said:
I would imagine the light comes on well before they become dangerous

in the same way the wear mark on a tyre is so far away from an mot failure?

would be good to know either way

MikeHiow · 5 Sep 2011 at 23:19

Cupra said:
in the same way the wear mark on a tyre is so far away from an mot failure?

would be good to know either way

Err. the wear marker is usually at 1.6mm on most tyres sold in the UK, is it not?

Cupra · 5 Sep 2011 at 23:36

MikeHiow said:
Err. the wear marker is usually at 1.6mm on most tyres sold in the UK, is it not?

i know that was my point?

Rizo-UK · 5 Sep 2011 at 23:46

Hasn't the law changed on this? No warning lights to be displayed at time of MOT.

Lopéz · 6 Sep 2011 at 07:16

Rizo-UK said:
Hasn't the law changed on this? No warning lights to be displayed at time of MOT.

No, there are no new MOT testing regulations until 2012.

Scania · 6 Sep 2011 at 10:24

If it was the ABS warning light then you'd expect a fail.

The only way you will get a fail is if the thickness is too low or the brakes perform poorly on the roller test. They will (should) ignore the pad warning light as long as they don't assume its the ABS one!

Rotty · 6 Sep 2011 at 12:17

Lopéz said:
No, there are no new MOT testing regulations until 2012.

correct, rang the test centre and they says it's not a problem

Rotty · 6 Sep 2011 at 14:57

passed

loads left on brake pads too