Failed MOT again this year
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:21 pm
For the second year running my car has failed an MOT, I'm going for a hattrick next year . Seriously though, I'm quite annoyed. Last year it was a damaged brake hose, so not too costly. This year it is a wheel bearing and hub, and not for the first time either.
Some of you will remember when I got my wheels in about June 2006 the company sent me the incorrect wheels nuts (they were too long) and they damaged my ABS sensor, hub and therefore I had to chance the wheel bearing. 3 months later the same wheel bearing went which was replaced under warranty.
This got me thinking, how the hell have they both gone again? I don't trust the place that fitted them for me anymore and haven't used them since because they always find an excuse to charge you more than they quoted, and they're always happy to "find" new problems . So possibly they have dodgy parts?
All in all, I had planned spending about £50 for this MOT and it's going to cost me £200, maybe more. Oh, and for those who are more technically minded, what causes a hub to break/get damaged? I can understand needing a new wheel bearing 'cause when thinking about it there was a noise there, but it has just occurred to me that I can't make sense of why I need a new hub.
Sorry for the essay, haha.
Some of you will remember when I got my wheels in about June 2006 the company sent me the incorrect wheels nuts (they were too long) and they damaged my ABS sensor, hub and therefore I had to chance the wheel bearing. 3 months later the same wheel bearing went which was replaced under warranty.
This got me thinking, how the hell have they both gone again? I don't trust the place that fitted them for me anymore and haven't used them since because they always find an excuse to charge you more than they quoted, and they're always happy to "find" new problems . So possibly they have dodgy parts?
All in all, I had planned spending about £50 for this MOT and it's going to cost me £200, maybe more. Oh, and for those who are more technically minded, what causes a hub to break/get damaged? I can understand needing a new wheel bearing 'cause when thinking about it there was a noise there, but it has just occurred to me that I can't make sense of why I need a new hub.
Sorry for the essay, haha.