Has this UK garage committed a criminal offence?
It was agreed:
1) On release of the vehicle from the insurer he or his designated representative will collect the car and take it his place of business.
2) Inspect the vehicle to determine any serious damage to the chassis.
3) Assuming pt 2) is satisfactory he or any other qualified person under his direction will carry out the following:
a) Substitute all damaged mechanical parts resulting from the accident.
b) Substitute the R/H wing and/or repair the front bumper.
c) Prime & paint the substituted body panels.
d) Replace the driver and passenger airbags and associated components as found to be necessary.
e) Replace the air conditioning compressor and service the system.
f) Replace the spare wheel (standard size) & tyre.
Result: New MOT - Chassis alignment 11mm out - Horn short - Steering heavy and has play - Air bags inop, bulb disconnected!
I contacted VOSA 0870-60-60-440 and was told that the air bag system IS NOT PART of the MOT!
Probably not criminal, but take it to a D.O.T. testing station, not an MOT garage, you'll find them in the Yellow Pages. Explain the situation and let them asses it. If they find any faults, they will take action against the testing station and advise re the repairing garage.
Trading standards may also like a look at it.
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