grafty99 wrote:

I have a question to put out there and wondered if there were any MOT testers on the forum who might be able to give me an opinion.

I haven't been in touch with the dealer yet because I want to get as much information together as possible before I approach them.

A vehicle in the Grafton fleet has recently passed an MOT (at the dealership). The service manager, at handover, said that the front subframe on the vehicle was heavily corroded (with a hole) but not badly enough to fail. It was noted as an advisory on the MOT.

My dad was concerned about the rust and asked me to treat it all before they salt the roads to stop it getting worse.

Today I put the vehicle on our ramp and was quite surprised to see a hole about the size of a 50p piece about 150mm away from the lower wishbone mount

I was under the impression that any corrosion that weakened the vehicle structure to the point there was a hole (within 30cm of brakes, suspension, seatbelts etc) was an MOT failure?

If this is the case then the only reason I can think of that they passed it was that the vehicle is still under warranty AND has the extra MOT failure warranty that covers any failure items under the extra warranty plan.

What also concerns me is that the heat shield that protects the centre prop bearing had been torn and bent out of the way (now resting against the exhaust) to inspect the central bearing to investigate an odd noise under acceleration. This isn't the kind of service I'd be expecting from a main dealer. If anyone is able to help I could PM a picture of the corrosion.

Thanks in advance

grafty99 wrote:

Yes! That's my point. The warranty only covers MOT failure and I think they've advised to avoid paying out.

Direct from the government website

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