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5.3 .2 Shock absorbers

You will need to check that shock absorber brushes do not have excessive wear

Errr what's a shock absorber brush?

Still nothing about suspension bush bonding . A fail AND and advisory would be helpful .

What were the 8 failures for the horn ? There were only two . Not working , or sounds like a n emergency vehicle . All the others were mentioned in the MOI , but were only there as advisories on the actual test options listing . It said in MOI/Info that you couldn't have a gong , bell , siren etc . You could only advise it had one of those . Even 'Not loud enough to be heard by other road users' was only an advisory . If it ain't loud enough then it may as well not be working .
As for 'Washers not working' and 'Washers not supplying sufficient etc' .. Is the former for if you can't hear the pump work and the latter for if you can hear it but the jets ain't squirting ? An empty washer bottle could fail under either . If I can hear the pump spinning it don't mean it would actually be pumping anything if there was fluid in the bottle . It could just sound like it is working . How about 'Nothing getting squirted on the windscreen when the button/bubble is pressed ' as an RFR ?

Tyre tread below 1.6mm DANGEROUS .... Large cut exposing cords MAJOR .. Which one would you choose to drive home on if you had to make the choice ? Low tread ain't as dangerous as cut to cords . In the RFRs it even tells you so because directly below there is an option for vehicles that are allowed 1mm tread . That rule is for vehicles that are a lot bigger and heavier than your average family car and will carry a whole load more passengers .

So much scope in these rules to give anyone fuel for a massive rant about them .

F1 cars do have tread . Slick tyres have tread . The tread has no grooves in it though . They have small holes in that are treadwear indicators .

You spelt "smartarse" incorrectly

er where are brake flexible hose insecure??

No mention of ingress of whatever. If it's split it's a fail.

The Brake pad(s), Brake lining(s) pages are identical, inc the RfR's,  except for wear indicator & wear indicator illuminated

plural noun: brake linings

a layer of hard material attached to a brake shoe or brake pad to increase friction against the drum or disc.

Simon (DVSA) posted onon 14 September 2018

Hi Mike
Brake pad wear indicators illuminated has been removed, if pad warning indicators are illuminated they should not be failed under the linings rfr.
If the wear indicator is illuminated you should not take this that the pads are worn to that extent and a fault is not present within that electrical system. ie wire has earthed

Now I may be classed as sad looking at the blog and even sadder trying to post questions on it but this one could well catch loads of testers out about the brake mil light. Nut locking devices answer is good as well.