Rekordzahl defekter Autos, da die Zahlen die Bereiche mit den schlechtesten NCT-Erfolgsquoten aufzeigen
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/record-level-of-defective-cars-as-figures-reveal-areas-with-worst-nct-pass-rates/a678773054.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawPEtuxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEecarDtCc1aunBtO9uQEraEbAEHhHFKV7TuCsSE4SfyME0zUOPiVkVGE8xdwQ_aem_-ncvKzcaWIQy5leTleuHLg
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This is pretty simple to explain, people don’t do preemptive maintenance because everyone says to just have the test centre check the car and have garages fix them.
More defective cars or more overzealous testing?
„The NCT centre with the highest pass rate was in Deansgrange, Co Dublin, at 57.3pc. It was also the country’s busiest centre with more than 111,000 vehicles tested last year.“
Hmmmm. Interesting.
Owning, running, and maintaining a car is more expensive than ever. The average age of a car is now higher than ever, and only increasing. If the average age of a car in this country is 10 years, it stands to reason that a huge number of them are experiencing general age related issues at the same time.
The cavan centre has always been notorious for failing people.
I bought a new to me car from the garage and everything was perfect.
They failed it the next week because there was a little bit of plastic flash on the top of the cap of the air intake on the tire. Granted it was a visual but jesus come on like.
It’s a money making scam, however it lines the pockets of „one of the boys“.
I assume these statistics include the 4 fails (in one day) I got for „missing bump stops“ because the tester refused to believe either my mechanics, the local autofactor, or Peugeot themselves when they insisted that my modal of car does not have bump stops?
The RSA awarded a single concession contract to Applus to provide this service. Applus receives money based on number of tests and then less money for retests. This is capped with a maximum figure monthly. Applus has no incentive to increase pass rates – and in fact are probably trying to find the perfect pass rate that maximises revenue and doesn’t trigger contractual issues/fines.
„Cars deemed “fail dangerous” will have a sticker stating their condition affixed to them by an NCT vehicle inspector, with motorists being **advised** they should have their vehicle towed away.“
So, can you just drive it home if you want to?
Interesting to compare with the MOT pass rates in the UK which seem to be much higher. I don’t know why but my guess is they’re not as inclined to go for a test to see what needs fixing.
I am wondering does a visual recheck get added into the fail rate
Is doing a full rotation arm swing with a screwdriver into the underneath of the car standard testing for Rust?
My car passed the NCT but seems like stabbing randomly with full force swings under my car could cause damage.
Even if that wasn’t standard and potentially borderline criminal…I’m not allowed to gather evidence.
I understand the need for something like the NCT but being run for profit leads me to believe they can fail cars whenever they want to maximize profits.
I mean Ireland just isn’t really in the mean a good car country. Most folks arnt into cars and it’s crazy how we get caught with trends and waves. One minute it’s Nissan Qashais everywhere and then it’s Hyundai Tucson’s.
Not saying I’m some genius but like it’s crazy when I’m buying a new car and want a NICE car the amount of opinion I get to buy some shitebox. Most people still all about the price and “mileage”
Also have a friend who works in the NCT (mechanic by trade) and in fairness the absolute shocking stuff I’ve heard from him I’ve stopped buying into the NCT is a racket myth.
Sure there is some weird and annoying shit and fails that can happen but it’s also a heap of folks who haven’t a clue about cars getting uppity when it fails and some horrendous shit being driven in , failed as seriously dangerous then driving out.
Mad shit
My NCT is due next month and I’m dreading it. I’m in my 40’s and this is the first time I’ve been in this situation.
It’s a decent car and I don’t think there is anything wrong with it but I also don’t know. If something big is required to pass, I likely won’t be able to carry out the repairs within the month and then will have to pay for a full retest again. Insurance and tax is also up around the same time.
Lots of people in the same situation. There are a small minority of people who are doing really well in Ireland but most of us are struggling.
100% a money racket where, yet again, we as consumers have no option but to row in behind the rules….
My own experience was like many. Appealed my NCT fail where the car passed every safety‑critical check, had a recent professional pre‑NCT inspection, and only had one marginal measurement out of spec that needed their own equipment to test.
Argued to the tester and their manager the €40 retest fee was disproportionate and that this was technical compliance, not a genuine safety risk, but the appeal was rejected with a generic “decision stands, retest required” response. So l still paid €40 for a five‑minute retest on a tiny measurement despite an otherwise clean, roadworthy car.
Car passed the re-test with me having done absolutely nothing to fix the “issue”. Told them as much, all I got was a smug greasy smile from the cunt.
I failed my last test because my rear license plate light was missing a plastic cover. Light still worked, but one of the two lights is missing the plastic cover.
Anecdotally, from my dad who’s a mechanic, some of the shit people fail on is absurd. He’s shown me spray marks of ‚rust‘ on cars attempting to find it, where it doesn’t exist.
It’s a complete and unter crap shoot. That’s why I do absolutely nothing to the car before sending it through. Why bother? Use em as a free service to tell you what’s wrong with the car. That’s my dad’s advice anyway.
It a very similar vein to the cervical check debacle, what people fail to understand (and to be fair hasn’t been explained well by the government) is that the NCT is a **Screening Test**, not a **Diagnostic Test**.
No mechanic on the planet can actually fully test your car for every potential safety defect in 15 minutes or however long it takes, but that is not and never was the idea behind it. The NCT testsrs go by a simple checklist, some equipment, and basic guidelines for examining wearable parts.
A certain level of *False Passes* and *False Fails* are absolutely expected in a *Screening Test*, whose purpose is to statistically improve vehicle safety by applying rudimentary pass/fail critica across hundreds of thousands of tests each year.
The issue with this is that people feel personally victimised that their car marginally failed on a judgement call – but they *never* complain about the fact their car may have just marginally passed on half a dozen other tidbits that the tester felt were okay for another two years.
I got my wife’s car done in November in naas, in the waiting room, they called up 3 people before me, 2 got „unsafe to drive“ fails, one had wire coming out of 3 of his 4 tyres and he actually asked if the other one was ok.
The other one a woman, was shocked to find that the creaking coming from her car was the suspension rod cracked
NCT is a scam in my opinion. We should have an MOT style testing by where the garage conducting the MOT can fix the issues there and then.
My car failed the NCT for something minor after I got a full pre-NCT service done, so I just wait a year to do the NCT again. Wouldn’t be surprised if they have fail quotas to hit turnover targets. Another legislated money making scam veiled in good intentions.
Last 3 NCT’s I did failed. All the parts the mechanics said were perfectly fine. Never liked the conspiracy people talking about deliberate failures, but my cars show exactly that.
Went as far as not repairing some bushings which failed, re done a full test at a different centre 3 months later and it passed.
I just had to drop my car into a mechanic prior to it going for nct.
He went on a tirade about how the local NCT centre has hired low paid workers who are not mechanics and just follow the rules and the computers. This is resulting in cars being failed for things that a qualified mechanic would pass as it won’t hurt the car or it’s safety.
They are falling them on bs. Visual inspection stuff.
I failed as dangerous and unroadworthy for a bald tyre.
I’m not saying it’s irrelevant but 20 minutes later I was road worthy again.
It’d be interesting to see a detailed breakdown of these types of failures.
I wouldn’t mind a study done on the correlation between road quality (especially rural roads) and pass rates.
The state of roads in this country is the problem that and fact no one knows how to maintain their cars anymore