I took the 32 for it's annual test yesterday. I parked up in their waiting bay and headed off to reception. I intended staying in the customer services area as I had an appointment, so made myself comfortable with a coffee.
I've never had any anxiety over her passing the test, she's molly-coddled no end and never wants for anything. In fact, I probably spend more time and money on preventive maintenance rather than repairing anything.
Well imagine my surprise when the tester called me from reception and told me she'd failed.
The rear brake lights were not working, the indicators weren't either and the ESP light was on !
Well I drove her there and everything was fine, but I knew what the problem was straight away. She must have blown a fuse as the tester put her up on the ramp.
What's the chances of that happening ?
I accompanied him back to the car and explained what I thought was wrong. I opened the fuse box and replaced the fuse with a spare, I started her up and turned the wheels full lock both ways to extinguish the ESP light.
Voila ! All lights now working correctly as well.
I thought he would just pass her now and that would be that. But no, he'd already registered the failed MOT, and now she's got her first failure in the eight years I've owned her.
I'm gutted
I've never had any anxiety over her passing the test, she's molly-coddled no end and never wants for anything. In fact, I probably spend more time and money on preventive maintenance rather than repairing anything.
Well imagine my surprise when the tester called me from reception and told me she'd failed.
The rear brake lights were not working, the indicators weren't either and the ESP light was on !
Well I drove her there and everything was fine, but I knew what the problem was straight away. She must have blown a fuse as the tester put her up on the ramp.
What's the chances of that happening ?
I accompanied him back to the car and explained what I thought was wrong. I opened the fuse box and replaced the fuse with a spare, I started her up and turned the wheels full lock both ways to extinguish the ESP light.
Voila ! All lights now working correctly as well.
I thought he would just pass her now and that would be that. But no, he'd already registered the failed MOT, and now she's got her first failure in the eight years I've owned her.
I'm gutted
