Is this windscreen scratch an MOT failure?
Jonathan
damage to the EDGE of the blade.
For example:
http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c180/digitaltoast/windscreen/
In particular:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c180/digitaltoast/windscreen/100_4274.jpg
Can you see anything that looks bad enough to fail? Particularly when
you consider that all I can see through the scratch (which is more of a
slight thin distortion than scratch) is above 1cm of road above the
bonnet! There's a closeup of a small chip, which is in zone A, but is
5mm across, the limit being 10mm.
If I look here:
http://www.glasstechnics.co.uk/faqs.html it says:
Scratches on the windscreen ie light surface scratching, are not to be
considered as damage. However, an area of concentrated scratching such
as caused by the prolonged use of a defective wiper blade which obscures
vision is to be considered a reason for rejection if it meets the fail
criteria.
Do you think I should go back and ask for a second opinion?
Otherwise, it's Ł100 for a new windscreen.
Clive George
news:4790bada$2...@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> Just had the MOT. It failed on 8.3.1a and 8.3.1d, because of wiper blade
> damage to the EDGE of the blade.
>
> For example:
>
> http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c180/digitaltoast/windscreen/
"This album is private"
cheers,
clive
Doki
It'll be fine. You'll be wanting to get it filled with resin or it will
become a massive chip / crack eventually. OTOH that'll cost money and a new
windscreen is often nice if the old one's been scratched by crap wiper
blades.
digitaltoast
> "Jonathan" <digitalto...@gmail.com> wrote in message
Oops, sorry, try again.
Anyway, I got it resolved in the end - I took it to a glass repair
person who said he couldn't repair it, but why didn't I just put 1"
smaller blades on, then the scratch would be outside the wiping area.
Duh! Why didn't I think of that! When I took it back for retest, he
looked at it, said "I wondered if you'd do that!", and passed me!