emu 0 Posted May 14, 2012 Was very surprised when my daily golf passed MOT today without reverse light working. Tester definitely asked other guy to put in reverse and check the light and didn't say anything when they didn't light up. It's not even pointed in advisory. Was standing beside him but didn't ask him about it was scared he will fail a car. Maybe he didn't notice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ben_wooduk 0 Posted May 14, 2012 I only knew this because of my all red rears, my reverse lights look more like brake lights but still pass :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
p0l1wrath 10 Posted May 14, 2012 I did once hear that a broken reverse light is not an MOT failure, the lights original purpose was to show you the way when reversing rather than warn others that you were reversing, therefore it is not necessary to have a working one to pass dunno if anyone can back me up on that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tigerfish 10 Posted May 14, 2012 The check they did was probably just to make sure it didn't put any other lights on when selected (like with bad earths etc). Not part of the test for it to light up as far as I know, other than it shouldn't be on when reverse is not selected, then it would fail for white light (as per indicators etc failing for white light showing from rear lights) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
