Property News · January 27, 2016

MOT complaint has got mileage as the DVSA fails to sort its IT system


An additional mileage figure was entered on my vehicle certificate in error, but the Driver Vehicle Standards Agency says it can’t do anything about itI took my car for an MOT in August, and a couple of days later noticed an error on the certificate. The “mileage history” panel had two entries for 2015 – the current test and another entry a month earlier with a higher figure, which makes it look as if the car has been tampered with and retested. I phoned the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and was asked to send copies of the registration form and test certificate.I was later told that another car of the same model had been tested, but one character of its registration was entered incorrectly, which brought up my record. The vehicle has a different chassis number, which should have been checked, but the mileage of that car now shows on my MOT. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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