Motor Traders & Advisories

Hopefully, by October the certificate will change. This is taken from the last Matters of Testing...

As part of the recent MOT review, Transport Secretary, Justine Greening wanted measures taken to deter ‘clocking’. We have also been listening to your feedback over the last few months and, as a result, will be introducing a number of changes to the MOT certificate over the next 18 months or so.

Later this year, to help prevent vehicle clocking, we’ll be introducing the previous mileage history to the VT20. The certificate will show the mileage and date associated with the three most recently issued VT20s, along with the mileage for the current test. It will be more important than ever for testers to make sure the mileage is recorded accurately!

As part of the EU Directive changes, the vehicle’s country of registration must also be recorded, so changes to the certificate and system are being readied.

At the same time we are also taking this opportunity to include some of your suggested improvements. Those being considered include:

Centring the document title, adding a faint background and re-introducing the Advisories Issued box to help prevent advisories from being masked or removed.

Introducing more prominent wording to encourage people to check their vehicle’s test details online.

Printing all customer documentation produced by the VTS Device in the same landscape format.