NCT passed - But should I complain on an Advisory

For insurance reasons I would get an independent report showing no issues just to cover my arse!

Here's a mad idea. Now I don't know if you're going to go for it, it's a bit wild, but just consider it.

You ready…?

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Why don't you…. why don't you….

….do absolutely nothing? Why make life difficult? What are the odds of any of this happening?

What are you talking about, invalid but was made valid but insurance companies want to see NCT report that says invalid blah blah blah. Valid is valid, it's valid.

Why not just explain to them what happened if they ask? If you can explain to a garda that it's valid you can explain to an insurance company. Just forget it.

In fairness U don't want to be explaining anything to an insurance co at claim time

You want any details checked out when taking out the policy or when an issue arises

Theres no need to be checking on this as it doesn't affect the policy

Brought two cars to NCT in the last 3 months and both had the same Advisory.

They never mentioned it when handing over the cert, They usually do when it's a tyre, or low pads or something. So??

No lights on dash, no faults on either car.

Strange alright.

Investigator from my co checked driving licence, asked about points , accident history

Where I was coming from , presumably checking what I was using car for

Just checked the 320d's most recent cert there (tested in February), and theres no mention of it!

Any chance you are overthinking this?

I had the same advisory recently,OBD scan-implausible data received,power steering control unit.Also,my car has gained 29 kilos in 2 years.Will have to stop feeding it

Maybe 10 litres more this time or the same.Can't remember exactly.Will gauge it on my next fill up.

So a Litre of fuel is approx 1 KG, so the different between a full and almost empty tank could be 50KG.

You have a valid NCT cert. Nothing to worry about insurance wise.

That's a very polite way of saying there was a fat b@stard in it this time around 🤣

First of all, your car is roadworthy and you have a valid NCT. Your insurance company cannot argue with that.

Next, if the presence of those codes were serious, they would turn on malfunction indication lamp, and that would be failure. Again, that hadn't happened.

So, if you want to put your mind at rest and get rid of the fault code, try a different scan tool! I've had scan tools either find no code or find a code and not clear it. Some Asian cars in particular are a bit hit and miss with scan tools.

This is pure scaremongering. Drive her on and forget about it. Its a historic fault code that their advanced diagnostic machine picked up on. If there are no warning lights on the dash then the car is good to drive.

So you think a historic fault code with no warning light on the dash makes OP’s car unroadworthy and will somehow invalidate their insurance in the event of an accident? Scaremongering at its finest