NCT Fail Dangerous Retest

I'm not sure I understand your question. When you bring the car for the re-test it will have been fixed so therefore will not be dangerous. The garage will test drive it after repairs are done as it will no longer be dangerous. It's your responsibility to get it to the garage for repairs without driving it.

I think you know all this, but are just objecting to the terminology for some reason

If you are so worried iv a solution np need for worry

Who told you that? Its not a requirement that the engine is warm. Especially if you have already passed the emissions test.

It is actually listed as a requirement for the NCT that the engine is of a normal operating temperature before the test begins.

Point 11 on the below list:

https://www.ncts.ie/Media/5iaecn2j/preparing-for-your-nct.pdf

I got one once for the most ridiculous reason ever. The second bonnet catch, the one you have to pull a lever in the grill for, had stuck in the open position. Rather than just flick it back into place which i did before driving off, the tester told me that the guards could be called if i proceeded to drive it. Thankfully i wasn't some poor clueless customer who could have been upset and stuck at the test centre.

Fair enough. In reality tho it’s certainly not a requirement

You are meant to have the car taken away by a tow truck.

Currently I don't think anyone in the test centre is going to have the time to phone the Guards if you drive off, albeit all the documentation they give you states they will. I know that they don't always, anyway:

Got one myself last time for a tyre, it was marginal but not something even worth trying to argue. Sticker off the window and drove to the tyre place. Went home and drove it back the next day to get the cert. Sticker is VERY sticky!

On a previous occasion in my sisters car, there were two tyres that were a bit more than marginal (I didn't check the car myself stupidly) - in this case I was just told it was a fail dangerous, but no sticker. Was during COVID though. Also drove it straight to the tyre place; and back to the centre the next day.

I also doubt the Guards will be particularly happy if you're pulled and they check your NCT status, though.

I have not been in this situation myself, but know of two people who were and they did exactly as you suggested.

OP you should not be returning to the NCT until the fault is corrected, therefore the sticker is no longer valid at that pint.

Of course all depends on the exact nature of the failure.

I don’t know why your over thinking this so much, if you are so concerned about the engine being cold, it is possible to have the engine running while being on the back of a tow truck.. and its also possible to arrive 10 minutes early and warm up the engine that way

Best of luck, I hope you don’t over think this much in other aspects of your life

I do the same.

Had a Megane fail one time on a "dangerous" fuel leak. I drove it down the M4 home thinking to myself

if this goes up in flames it will stay on the M4 for someone else to take care of. :-)

My car (09 Focus) failed its last two NCT's and got the ould "Failed Dangerous" sticker both times. I asked the examiner what the issue was and both times he said a hole in the chassis.

The hole in the chassis turned out to be a 2euro sized rust hole in the floor of the boot just in from the back wheel on the left and then right side of the car. They car was in no way dangerous to drive and on both occasions the examiner in a round about way inferred same to me. He basically had to put the sticker up because of the holes being technically a structural issue.

I took down the sticker and drove it home both times, cut out and patched the holes after. The sticker is more of a cover their arse for liability reasons thing a lot of the time. If the car is really that badly fecked Im sure the examiner would say it do you that its not safe to drive home.

The sticker was only introduced a couple of years ago and was forced by the EU. Its not to cover themselves. Once the test is finished the car is not their responsibility

”The introduction of new EU regulations, now in place, classifies fault results as minor, major or dangerous and will appear in this format on your NCT Vehicle Inspection Report.”

Recovery.

The other option is for emergencies only - towing to the nearest safe place. You would need a BE licence in nearly all circumstances; an appropriate towing weight on the tow vehicle, and proper towing kit to go beyond that.

Well the op hasn't specified yet as far as I've seen.

But ya I know about the legal side of towing

I was only asking the him because if they towed it with a strap from the test center then they already technically broke the law and lived to tell the tale.

So they can rest easy and just drive the car in for the re-test.

Be grand.