I was sold car that had all tyres as advisory damaged, cracked, perishing on last 3 MOTS. Legal?

ambrettagold · 2025-01-23T14:47:46+0000

I was sold car with all tyres advisory as damages, cracked, perishing on last 3 mots. The same garage did my first mot and replaced all 4 tyres. I had only done 3k miles in 6 months. I went to what I thought was a reputable well known dealer as I know nothing about cars and unfortunately trusted them but they did not point this out to me. Is this legal ?

Kenai · 2025-01-23T14:50:00+0000

Advisory is not a failure, why would it be illegal?

Edit - also, inb4 lol bot account, why ask this on computer forum, obvious troll etc. paging @Haze

Resident · 2025-01-23T15:29:01+0000

Kenai said:
Advisory is not a failure, why would it be illegal?

Edit - also, inb4 lol bot account, why ask this on computer forum, obvious troll etc. paging @Haze

Not disputing it's a bot account but I found OcUK through a Motors post.

You could ask why does a computer forum have a Motoring section?

tamzzy · 2025-01-23T15:37:22+0000

ambrettagold said:
Is this legal ?

Kenai said:
Advisory is not a failure, why would it be illegal?

As kenai.
Scummy, yes. Illegal, no.
Should've done some homework before trusting randoms, unfortunately.

Tinders · 2025-01-23T17:44:24+0000

Why are people so clueless when buying cars, tyres are something thats visible, cracks and what not, are easily spotted. You dont need to be a mechanic!

In this day and age, with the amount of info on the web, inspecting the absolute basics on a car really isnt difficult.

Hades · 2025-01-23T18:23:58+0000

Tinders said:
Why are people so clueless when buying cars, tyres are something thats visible, cracks and what not, are easily spotted. You dont need to be a mechanic!

In this day and age, with the amount of info on the web, inspecting the absolute basics on a car really isnt difficult.

To be fair, sometimes the cracks are on the inner edge and so are harder to spot. But when checking a car I'm interested in I always pop the reg into an MOT checker and see what comes up. A history of advisories without them being fixed is usually a red flag for me. It shows no money has been spent on maintenance.

d_brennen · 2025-01-23T18:35:24+0000

ambrettagold said:
I was sold car with all tyres advisory as damages, cracked, perishing on last 3 mots. The same garage did my first mot and replaced all 4 tyres. I had only done 3k miles in 6 months. I went to what I thought was a reputable well known dealer as I know nothing about cars and unfortunately trusted them but they did not point this out to me. Is this legal ?

Now you know to check the MOT history and enquire as to what's been fixed etc. At very least, you want a clean MOT before purchasing a car from a dealer

tom_e · 2025-01-23T18:46:05+0000

Kenai said:
Advisory is not a failure, why would it be illegal?

Edit - also, inb4 lol bot account, why ask this on computer forum, obvious troll etc. paging @Haze

No bot account would pick Kettering as their location, it's just full of the locals chasing sheep around for fun times.

Anyway, on topic. Always check the car your buying, trust no one.

Lopéz · 2025-01-23T19:19:04+0000

Legal.

Best regards.

Nasher · 2025-01-23T19:36:03+0000

Seems like tyres don't fail unless they are bald or on the verge of falling to bits :/

You can buy the crappiest budget tyres (which are already dangerous in the wet from day one), let them go rock hard and dry up and crack so they are properly lethal. But you'll only get an advisory as long as there is more than 1.6mm on the tread.