Just had the MOT. It failed on 8.3.1a and 8.3.1d, because of wiper blade damage to the EDGE of the blade.For example: particular: you see anything that looks bad enough to fail? Particularly when you consider that all I can see through the scratch (which is more of a slight thin distortion than scratch) is above 1cm of road above the bonnet! There's a closeup of a small chip, which is in zone A, but is 5mm across, the limit being 10mm.If I look here: it says:Scratches on the windscreen ie light surface scratching, are not to be considered as damage. However, an area of concentrated scratching such as caused by the prolonged use of a defective wiper blade which obscures vision is to be considered a reason for rejection if it meets the fail criteria.Do you think I should go back and ask for a second opinion?Otherwise, it's £100 for a new windscreen.

Is this windscreen scratch an MOT failure?

Jan 18, 2008 3 Replies

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Doki

It'll be fine. You'll be wanting to get it filled with resin or it will become a massive chip / crack eventually. OTOH that'll cost money and a new windscreen is often nice if the old one's been scratched by crap wiper blades.

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Jonathan 18 years ago

Just had the MOT. It failed on 8.3.1a and 8.3.1d, because of wiper blade damage to the EDGE of the blade.

For example:

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particular:

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Can you see anything that looks bad enough to fail? Particularly when you consider that all I can see through the scratch (which is more of a slight thin distortion than scratch) is above 1cm of road above the bonnet! There's a closeup of a small chip, which is in zone A, but is

5mm across, the limit being 10mm.

If I look here:

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it says:Scratches on the windscreen ie light surface scratching, are not to be considered as damage. However, an area of concentrated scratching such as caused by the prolonged use of a defective wiper blade which obscures vision is to be considered a reason for rejection if it meets the fail criteria.

Do you think I should go back and ask for a second opinion? Otherwise, it's £100 for a new windscreen.

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Clive George 18 years ago

"This album is private"

cheers, clive

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Doki 18 years ago

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digitaltoast 18 years ago

Oops, sorry, try again.

Anyway, I got it resolved in the end - I took it to a glass repair person who said he couldn't repair it, but why didn't I just put 1" smaller blades on, then the scratch would be outside the wiping area. Duh! Why didn't I think of that! When I took it back for retest, he looked at it, said "I wondered if you'd do that!", and passed me!

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