NCT Rear Fog Lamp Question

leeroybrown · 16-01-2010 8:26pm #1

I'm trying to find out whether having a defective factory fitted rear fog lamp is an NCT failure. The lamp and lens are fine but the switch has failed and because it's an awkward replacement job it's a bit pricey. I know that the rules are changing in April to include a formal check of the fog lamp but from reading current rules I'm not 100% clear as to whether it would get through.

Has anyone put a car through with a similar issue?

John mac · 16-01-2010 8:33pm

all i know is that they didnt check mine, (I have had about 10 nct's done)
dosnt mean they wont.
you should put it through anyway, if they find a problem then fix it ,
if they dont you wont have to .

Cosmo K · 16-01-2010 9:05pm

Rear fog light-not part of the test.......Yet. That might change in April, but at the moment its not part of the test.

leeroybrown · 16-01-2010 9:09pm

I already told the owner make sure they put it through before April when the extra rules are added. The problem is that if it does fail for it the car is sufficiently old that they'd have to start seriously considering whether it's worth fixing. The part's cheap but the job to put it in won't be.

sean1141 · 16-01-2010 9:15pm

op could you not wire up an after market switch. can be got in a motor-factors for about a fiver. a relay and some wire plus a fuse and it could be got working. just an idea...

leeroybrown · 16-01-2010 9:37pm

Could be worth considering alright. It sounds like it should pass anyway in which case the owner can survive without it. If it makes it through this NCT it'll likely be it's last anyway.

sean1141 · 16-01-2010 9:39pm

in that case let it in for the test and if it only fails on fog light wire up a cheap switch

mick.fr · 16-01-2010 11:56pm

My car had no rear foglamps being a US car, and it passed no problem. Car passed last July.
Now this is a requirement in most EU countries and I would not be surprised if it would be part of the NCT tests sometimes soon...

colm_mcm · 16-01-2010 11:59pm

it's not part of the test.

si_guru · 17-01-2010 12:11am

If he has a rear end shunt in the fog let us know! Cheers for making the roads more dangerous..

btw.. I bet a none functioning standard safety light will invalidate his insurance!

leeroybrown · 17-01-2010 7:25am

Lovely! There's always 'one'. Where the person in question lives and when they're on the roads, they've pretty much never had to drive in fog. If the person in question were in a position where they actually had cause to use the fog lamp they'd be the first to worry about it and get it fixed.

Also, enough with this 'invalidated insurance' bull**** - once the policy is active the insurance company pays out then considers (and generally avoids) a recovery litigation.

NCT Rear Fog Lamp Question

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