Non Component Advisories

I agree advisories have to be used sensibly and sparingly and my information was for members who still want to use the non component advisories.

Sorry pal but your very wrong. I understand some testers advise unnecessary things but to say there's no point advising items you no the presenter will do nothing about. My question to you is how do you no they won't? Secondly 12 months is a long time say for example a ball joint has play how do you no it will last 12 months? Sensible testers advise parts to make the customer aware of how their car is and good testers will speak to customers and give them a time scale they think the part will last.my last bit of advice is you don't advise something and that car hits a child things get very messy.

More from Hooters on advisories........

My most often used (manual) advisories include:-

Brake pipes previously greased, presume corrosion.
Unable to view all sections of brake pipe. (usually where some degree of bp corrosion is visible elsewhere).
Exhaust ‘sooting’ at (location). (usually indicating weakness through corrosion).
Unable to view all brakes for wear etc (where I suspect they are wearing low).
(location) tyre worn to legal limit.
(Item) deteriorated, borderline pass/fail.
And more.....

I rarely advise corroded discs, sweaty shox, general corrosion, slight play in (item) and items where failure is unlikely within the appeal window or the foreseeable future.

My ‘backside’ is equally, if not more important than the vehicle in question especially when the owner is unlikely to take any notice of my well-meaning comments.

I avoid recommendations and diagnoses unless specifically asked. These could come back to haunt NT
I do not advise apparently under-inflated tyres (and I rarely re-inflate them)
Be wary of vehicles; likely to be sold in the near future, that have recently been sold/purchased and those exhibiting signs of having just come through ‘the block’. I know, none of us are clairvoyant but you’ve seen the bar-codes in the ‘screen etc.

When your back’s against the wall in court, where will your VE be? At your side, supporting your test-judgements? Well, maybe. Call me negative if you like, but naive I certainly am not.

If copy/pasting the ‘non component’ advisory list helps you as a tester then do it, but always make sure you are advising for the right reasons. And remember, you can always leave the advisory off the VT20/30 but put it on the job sheet so the reception can report it to the owner on the non-test customer paperwork.

Hope that helps someone.

We can add a link to the home page with the list wally, thanks mate. Thanks for all contributions

So, taking heed of DVSAs desire for us to reduce advisories, look what happens as soon as 'Non Component Advisories' disappear and I stop advising the obvious.

Extensive corrosion of cross-member (prescribed area), missed by me because of a plastic panel. Discovered by another garage who was doing repairs.

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Merc E240 1999 200k miles.

Staggering isn't it.