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NCT dip lights

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  • 03-12-2008 5:33pm
    #1
    Notch000
    Registered Users Posts: 1,472 ✭✭✭


    will my car fail NCT for having
    • no working dip [parking] lights ?
    • Airbag light flashing
    • one fog light gone


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    rebel.ranter
    Registered Users Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭rebel.ranter


    It will fail for anything related to safety. So the first two will be fails.


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    #3
    tin79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭tin79


    it surely will


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    mickdw
    Registered Users Posts: 23,367 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Ah now come on. of course it will. It is a car roadworthyness test afterall.


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    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,466 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Notch000 wrote: »
    will my car fail NCT for having
    • no working dip [parking] lights ?
    • Airbag light flashing
    • one fog light gone
    I would certainly hope so :D


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    blackbox
    Registered Users Posts: 4,337 ✭✭✭blackbox


    It would also assist you in passing the driving test (and with general safety to yourself and others) if you learnt the difference between dipped lights and parking lights.

    /RANT


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    ninty9er
    Registered Users Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭ninty9er


    Notch000 wrote: »
    will my car fail NCT for having
    • no working dip [parking] lights ?
    • Airbag light flashing
    • one fog light gone

    I feel the need to shout:

    PARKING LIGHTS ARE NOT DIP LIGHTS

    Edit:
    It seems I'm not alon in my frustration


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    Notch000
    Registered Users Posts: 1,472 ✭✭✭Notch000


    ok i ment

    Parking lights ?????


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    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    Notch000 wrote: »
    will my car fail NCT for having
    • no working dip [parking] lights ?
    • Airbag light flashing
    • one fog light gone


    fogs not a test requirement]
    parks are
    airbags aren't

    so yes rfix yer parking lights (bulb or fuse might cost a €)

    check yer tyres because they're probably worn


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    mickdw
    Registered Users Posts: 23,367 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Tigger wrote: »
    fogs not a test requirement]
    parks are
    airbags aren't

    so yes rfix yer parking lights (bulb or fuse might cost a €)

    check yer tyres because they're probably worn

    Are you sure about the above. You are saying a airbag fault light will not fail the test?
    I heard before that although stuff like airbags are not a requirement to pass the test due to some cars not having them, if they are fitted they must not be showing any faults. Same for abs brakes?


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    lynchie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,998 ✭✭✭lynchie


    mickdw wrote: »
    Are you sure about the above. You are saying a airbag fault light will not fail the test?
    I heard before that although stuff like airbags are not a requirement to pass the test due to some cars not having them, if they are fitted they must not be showing any faults. Same for abs brakes?

    Yup, any extras fitted to the car must be working and if they aren't you can fail the nct requiring another visual inspection once the problem is rectified.


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    Darragh29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,097 ✭✭✭Darragh29


    Notch000 wrote: »
    will my car fail NCT for having

    no working dip [parking] lights ?

    Yes
    Notch000 wrote: »
    Airbag light flashing

    No
    Notch000 wrote: »
    one fog light gone

    No


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    Darragh29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,097 ✭✭✭Darragh29


    And to be honest with ya, I think that if you have an ABS, Airbag or Engine Fault light on, you should fail, especially the first two... But at the moment, you don't...


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    kikel
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    I passed a few years ago with a airbag light showing a fault.


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    Berty
    Registered Users Posts: 26,149 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    Stupid thread OP.

    Would you fail for non working headlights?

    That cannot be a serious question.

    :mad:

    Also, why are you waiting until the NCT to consider getting your headlights fixed?


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    mcwhirter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,432 ✭✭✭mcwhirter


    Notch000 wrote: »
    will my car fail NCT for having
    • no working dip [parking] lights ?
    • Airbag light flashing
    • one fog light gone

    Hope so, yer chancer!!


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    eth0_
    Registered Users Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭eth0_


    I want to smack the IDIOTS who drive around in the hours of darkness with their parking lights on! Are you blind? Are you retarded? Do you not realise how DANGEROUS this is?


    OP: you will most definitely fail the NCT, and probably there will be other faults found if you clearly have such little regard for the safety of your car and other road users.


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    Berty
    Registered Users Posts: 26,149 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    eth0_ wrote: »
    I want to smack the IDIOTS who drive around in the hours of darkness with their parking lights on! Are you blind? Are you retarded? Do you not realise how DANGEROUS this is?


    I smell a tangent going on. Soon to be hijacked into a fog light thread.


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    Cosmo K
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Cosmo K


    Darragh29 wrote: »
    And to be honest with ya, I think that if you have an ABS, Airbag or Engine Fault light on, you should fail, especially the first two... But at the moment, you don't...


    ABS light is actually a fail Darragh, but I agree with you 100%, airbag light should be a fail as well.


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    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,466 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Cosmo K wrote: »
    ABS light is actually a fail Darragh, but I agree with you 100%, airbag light should be a fail as well.
    Indeed it is ... page 10 of the testers manual
    Anti-lock Brake System (4) Warning light not working or indicates a defect in the anti-lock system.


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    Notch000
    Registered Users Posts: 1,472 ✭✭✭Notch000


    Look all of your

    I never use parking lights, they are useless, if i want to use my lights i use the dips, these work fine, day or night.

    Airbag flashing light is a main dealer fix which could run into hundred of euro. Im not chancing peugeot ripping me off [again] for a problem they are probably uncapable of tracking anyways. This is a common fault on older cars. AFAIK this is a warning light and in any even the airbag will still go off in an accident, this is some sort of EU design requirement.

    Fog light = I dont use these ever, they are for driving in fogs and illegal to have on 90% of the time like most irish people.
    This is a bumper off job too, which i dont have time or resource to do at this time of the year

    worst case
    Fail parking = sort out
    Airbay light = remove bulb
    fog = disconnect other one


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    kodute
    Registered Users Posts: 829 ✭✭✭kodute


    eth0_ wrote: »
    OP: you will most definitely fail the NCT, and probably there will be other faults found if you clearly have such little regard for the safety of your car and other road users.

    Woah can you actually see any kind of lights from up there on your high horse?! :D

    Its not like the OP said his brakes only work on every third sunday!
    Notch000 wrote: »
    Airbag flashing light is a main dealer fix which could run into hundred of euro. Im not chancing peugeot ripping me off [again] for a problem they are probably uncapable of tracking anyways. This is a common fault on older cars. AFAIK this is a warning light and in any even the airbag will still go off in an accident, this is some sort of EU design requirement.

    Parking lights: Should get em fixed to pass I'd say...

    Airbag light: I would double check that the airbag will go off in an accident, but if your sure then just disconnect the bulb.

    Fog lights: A hell of a lot of cars don't even have front fogs, disconnect the other and see if it passes. If you care about the outward appearance of your car in the fog then get it replaced. ;)


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    BrianD3
    Registered Users Posts: 8,397 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    The airbag light could be due to something as simple as a loose wire/connector for the seatbelt tensioners under one of the front seats. Try reseating the connectors.


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