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

[ambrettagold]

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]

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]

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]

Is this legal ?

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Legal.

Best regards.

 

[Nasher]

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.

 

[Mr_Sukebe]

When it’s so easy to check MOT history on a car, I’m a bit confused as to why you weren’t aware before purchase.

Personally I would walk away from a car if the tyres were crapped out. Bearing in mind they’re the only thing keeping a car on the road, how much care would the previous owner have taken with servicing if they ran the car on rubbish tyres.

 

[Begbie]

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.

Why people don't check previous MOT history before even viewing is crazy to me, takes less than 5 minutes.

 

[GeX]

So the tyres were advisable to be replaced for 3 years? That’s fine.

You had it MOT’d and they advised you replace them? That’s fine.

They then replaced them all? That’s fine.

wrt cracking, some tyre compounds are more prone to it. My R53 has decent tyres on it but sometimes they’re flagged up as cracking on the sidewall at MOT.