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Fog light

  • 17-08-2005 9:20pm
    #1
    blackpea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭


    Hi I have the Nct test soon and one of my rear fog light is not working, will they fail me for that??
    Cheers


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  • #2
    BrianD3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,424 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    You will be OK, rear fog lights are not part of the test.


  • #3
    blackpea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭blackpea


    ok cheers for that :)


  • #4
    slade_x
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 1,425 Mod ✭✭✭✭slade_x


    In regards to the inpection list the following under the light category are covered:

    Stop Lamps
    Rear Lamps and Registration Plate Lamps
    Indicators / Tell Tales
    Side Lamps
    Headlamp Condition
    Headlamp Aim
    Aux Lamp Condition
    Aux Lamp Aim
    Reflectors


  • #5
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,474 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    blackpea wrote:
    Hi I have the Nct test soon and one of my rear fog light is not working, will they fail me for that??
    Cheers
    There's no mention of them in the NCT testers manual, which I find a bit odd, since I thought they'd been a legal requirement now for a few years, possibly even an EU requirement.

    Anyway, you might not have two anyway. Depending on the car, you may have a fog light on one side and a reversing light on the other, or possibly a fog light on one side and a dummy with no bulb in the other. AFAIK if you only have one, then it's supposed to be on the off-side, i.e. the right hand side if you're looking at the back of the car.


  • #6
    Bluetonic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,588 ✭✭✭Bluetonic


    blackpea wrote:
    Hi I have the Nct test soon and one of my rear fog light is not working, will they fail me for that??
    Cheers

    Why don't you just get it fixed?


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  • #7
    blastman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭blastman


    Unlike the UK, there's no requirement to fit one if you import a car from a country that doesn't fit them as standard (Japan being the main example) therefore I presume there's no legal requirement to have one. That's probably why it isn't mentioned in the NCT tester's manual.


  • #8
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,474 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    blastman wrote:
    Unlike the UK, there's no requirement to fit one if you import a car from a country that doesn't fit them as standard (Japan being the main example) therefore I presume there's no legal requirement to have one. That's probably why it isn't mentioned in the NCT tester's manual.
    Hmmm, that's interesting. Are we unique in Europe in that regard? I mean it's not as if we don't get our fair share of fog around here is it?


  • #9
    Rovi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,570 ✭✭✭Rovi


    Is there any requirement for stuff to work if it IS fitted, regardless of whether it's a legal requirement or not?

    I'm pretty sure that's the situation with the DOE test for commercial vehicles.
    I could be wrong though, you never know. :)

    .


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