Guidance

MOT special notice 02-19: diesel smoke emissions, security, and missing heat shields

Retesting a vehicle that failed the emissions test against the plate value, keeping MOT testing service information secure, and missing heat shields.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Published: 15 April 2019

This publication was withdrawn on 1 March 2023

This guidance has been withdrawn because it is out of date. You can find the latest up to date information in the MOT testing guide for test stations.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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MOT special notice 02-19: diesel smoke emission, security and heat shields

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This special notice tells you about:

• retesting a vehicle that failed for smoke emissions exceeding the manufacturer’s specified limit using the vehicle plate value
• retesting if the plate is defaced or removed when the vehicle is brought back to be retested
• keeping your MOT testing service login details secure
• failing a vehicle with missing heat shields

Special notices contain changes to the MOT scheme that are not yet in the MOT testing guide and inspection manuals.

Published 15 April 2019