Do you own an ’11 plate car?

February 4 2014

If so it is fast approaching its 3rd birthday and this means it will be soon due its 1st MOT. The law requires that anyone who keeps a car on the road must have it in a roadworthy condition at all times. The MOT test is a check to make sure that you are meeting the minimum standards for road safety and is due every year once a car turns 3 years of age.

There are a few items which cars commonly fail their first MOT on but these are all things which you can check yourself before you visit the garage. The top three failure items on car’s first MOT’s are: bulbs which need replacing, wiper blades which are smearing the windscreen and tyres below the minimum legal tread depth of 1.6mm.

If you’re not sure exactly when your MOT is due then there is a facility on the gov.uk website to check this (you will need your car registration and your V5C certificate) alternatively why not give us a call – we can check when your car was first registered and even set up a reminder so you don’t miss that all important date.

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Motor Marque Ltd.

Clayton Wood Close,Clayton
Wood Industrial Estate,
West Park, Leeds LS16 6QE

Tel: 0113 224 2011

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We are registered members of the Good Garage Scheme which assures customers that we perform services to a strict standard and will always have your best interests at heart.

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We are also registered members of the West Yorkshire Trading Standards Motor Trade Partnership.

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Motor Marque MD, Mark Frankland regularly appears as an expert commentator on driving and car maintenance programmes on both the BBC and Channel 4.

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Motor Marque Ltd.

Clayton Wood Close,Clayton
Wood Industrial Estate,
West Park, Leeds LS16 6QE

Tel: 0113 224 2011

Motor Trader Finanlist 2015

Affiliations

We are registered members of the Good Garage Scheme which assures customers that we perform services to a strict standard and will always have your best interests at heart.

Click here to view our profile.

We are also registered members of the West Yorkshire Trading Standards Motor Trade Partnership.

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As seen on...

Motor Marque MD, Mark Frankland regularly appears as an expert commentator on driving and car maintenance programmes on both the BBC and Channel 4.

As seen on channel 4 and the BBC.