MOT question

GWillow · 17 Nov 2016 at 17:08

Hi,

Earlier in the year my wife managed to not see a large wooden post and put a nice dent in the door of her i30. More recently another issue has reared it's ugly head in that the door can no longer be opened from the inside although it still functions fine from the outside. Everything else about the door still works (locks, windows etc).

The door is the front passenger door. Would the inability to open the door from the inside constitute an MOT failure?

kaiowas · 17 Nov 2016 at 17:11

It probably would fail if noticed (An inability to open the door in an emergency would be a safety issue) although it's not likely to be tested so you'd probably get away with it.

paradigm · 17 Nov 2016 at 17:12

Section 6.2:

B. Doors
1. Open and close the driver’s and passenger’s
doors. Check that:
a. each door latches securely in the closed
position
b. the driver’s and front passenger doors can
be opened from both inside and outside the
vehicle

Entai · 17 Nov 2016 at 17:13

^^

That.

Sorry instant fail if any door does not open, close, and latch correctly.

Haggisman · 17 Nov 2016 at 18:38

Have you checked the child lock isn't on?

Clarkey · 17 Nov 2016 at 18:47

Child locks are on rear doors.

GWillow · 17 Nov 2016 at 18:51

That's a good point although it was working then just stopped. Also, the handle offers no resistance when used. I will check though.

GWillow · 17 Nov 2016 at 18:54

Clarkey said:
Child locks are on rear doors.

An equally good point.

Drangueos · 17 Nov 2016 at 18:56

probably the hook/connection between the handle and the lock broke or is out of place, not hard to fix

hugobosslives · 17 Nov 2016 at 21:45

almost definitely the hook cable that goes from the outside handle/lock to the interior handle. Its a very simple fix if you know how to do it. Happened to me a couple months ago. You just take the door card off, (in my case you then take the window out) and then another panel, and then you can access both ends of the cable. It was a £3 fix for me (for the new cable) reckon a garage would charge you 60 quid.

definite MOT failure. so you'd need a dogey garage or just a lazy one!

GWillow · 18 Nov 2016 at 09:07

Thanks everyone for your comments, I need to get the bodywork fixed at some point so will ask them about the door lock at the same time.

Richie · 18 Nov 2016 at 09:12

Entai said:
^^

That.

Sorry instant fail if any door does not open, close, and latch correctly.

Partially correct. The rear doors don't need top open from both inside and outside, just the front

DRZ · 18 Nov 2016 at 12:51

Richie said:
Partially correct. The rear doors don't need top open from both inside and outside, just the front

My Audi S6 failed because I couldn't open the rear passenger door (deadlock mech gets waterlogged and packs up thanks to a poor design). Cost an absolute fortune to sort out in the end :/

Reason(s) for failure
Nearside Rear passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.B.1c)

Richie · 18 Nov 2016 at 17:56

Maybe I should have been clearer...

Both FRONT doors must be able to be opened from inside and outside
All other doors must only need to be opened from outside