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MOT seatbelts

Mr Jinx 9 April 2005 20:52:45
 Car failed it's MOT couple of days ago, brakes, indicators and rear lap belt
had disappeared under the seat.

I've sorted all the problems, but the bloody seat belt clip exploded when I
pulled it out from under the seat so I couldn't retest it. As no one ever
goes in the back, and it's got two 3 point lap belts in the back anyway, can
I just remove both parts of the lap belt and test it like that?- it will
have 4 working seat belts.. Saab 900 1989 is the car..

ta
Jinx


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Conor Turton 9 April 2005 22:33:16 permanent link ]
 In article <xLT5e.11546$JO6.99­80@newsfe6-win.ntli.­net>, Mr Jinx says...> Car failed it's MOT couple of days ago, brakes, indicators and rear lap belt > had disappeared under the seat.>
I've sorted all the problems, but the bloody seat belt clip exploded when I > pulled it out from under the seat so I couldn't retest it. As no one ever > goes in the back, and it's got two 3 point lap belts in the back anyway, can > I just remove both parts of the lap belt and test it like that?- it will > have 4 working seat belts.. Saab 900 1989 is the car..>
I'd have thought so.

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Adam H 10 April 2005 16:05:00 permanent link ]
 
"Conor Turton" <conor@conorturton.­com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1cc23044dd­216ee6989776@news.in­dividual.net...> In article <xLT5e.11546$JO6.99­80@newsfe6-win.ntli.­net>, Mr Jinx says...> > Car failed it's MOT couple of days ago, brakes, indicators and rear lap
belt> > had disappeared under the seat.> >
I've sorted all the problems, but the bloody seat belt clip exploded
when I> > pulled it out from under the seat so I couldn't retest it. As no one
ever> > goes in the back, and it's got two 3 point lap belts in the back anyway,
I just remove both parts of the lap belt and test it like that?- it will> > have 4 working seat belts.. Saab 900 1989 is the car..> >
I'd have thought so.

And I'd doubt it!

A friend of mine who does MOT testing picked up 'penalty points' for not
spotting that a bracket (that really doesn't need to be there) on an Astra
exhaust wasn't there, when it should have been. If that is an exhaust
bracket that no-one cares about, consider the fuss when the MOT tester finds
your car has been homologated for 5 occupants but only has 4 seatbelts.....
(Sorry, and all that!)

Adam H


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Guy King 10 April 2005 16:37:28 permanent link ]
 http://www.motuk.co.­uk/manual_510.htm

About 2/3rds of the way down - pictures show that if your car has three
rear seats then three belts must be fitted. It appears to follow the
shape of the padding.

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Pete M 10 April 2005 18:15:46 permanent link ]
 In news:31303030343237­3942592C1841@zetnet.­co.uk,
Guy King <guy.king@zetnet.co­.uk> decided to enlighten our sheltered souls
with a rant as follows> http://www.motuk.co­.uk/manual_510.htm>
About 2/3rds of the way down - pictures show that if your car has> three rear seats then three belts must be fitted. It appears to> follow the shape of the padding.

Take the back seat out for the MOT.


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Grimly Curmudgeon 10 April 2005 21:46:14 permanent link ]
 It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Pete M"
<pete.murray@blue-n­opressedmeat-yonder.­co.uk> saying something like:
Take the back seat out for the MOT.

Heh. I've just done that on my SOJC. In order to get the lower
commercial road tax [1] here (Ireland) it's possible to do a van
conversion on a hatchback or estate car. This involves painting out the
rear side windows, removing the seats and seatbelts and installing a
floor where the seats would be.

[1] I'm paying nearly €600 pa, dropping to €257 pa on re-classifying.
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Chris Bolus 11 April 2005 22:31:51 permanent link ]
 On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 16:52:45 GMT, "Mr Jinx" <nospam@here.please­> wrote:
Car failed it's MOT couple of days ago, brakes, indicators and rear lap belt >had disappeared under the seat.>
I've sorted all the problems, but the bloody seat belt clip exploded when I >pulled it out from under the seat so I couldn't retest it. As no one ever >goes in the back, and it's got two 3 point lap belts in the back anyway, can >I just remove both parts of the lap belt and test it like that?- it will >have 4 working seat belts.. Saab 900 1989 is the car..>
See http://www.motuk.co­.uk/manual_510.htm - Reason for rejection - "1. A
seat belt missing or of the wrong type.".
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Darren Jarvis 13 April 2005 01:59:58 permanent link ]
 
I've sorted all the problems, but the bloody seat belt clip exploded when > I pulled it out from under the seat so I couldn't retest it. As no one > ever goes in the back, and it's got two 3 point lap belts in the back > anyway, can I just remove both parts of the lap belt and test it like > that?- it will have 4 working seat belts.. Saab 900 1989 is the car..


IIRC cars registered after 1988 had to have rear seat belts fitted so if
you've got five seats, you need five working belts.

Darren


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Mr Jinx 14 April 2005 17:51:20 permanent link ]
 
"Darren Jarvis" <dkj255@hotmail.com­> wrote in message
news:yxX6e.15536$Uc­7.15241@newsfe2-win.­ntli.net...>> I've sorted all the problems, but the bloody seat belt clip exploded when >> I pulled it out from under the seat so I couldn't retest it. As no one >> ever goes in the back, and it's got two 3 point lap belts in the back >> anyway, can I just remove both parts of the lap belt and test it like >> that?- it will have 4 working seat belts.. Saab 900 1989 is the car..>
IIRC cars registered after 1988 had to have rear seat belts fitted so if > you've got five seats, you need five working belts.>

Thanks for advice all! Seems to be a grey area on this car. It has cleary
got FOUR seats - two rear headrests, cushions shaped into TWO seats, no
split. It doesn't actually state on the logbook how many seats the car has,
the field is blank.
Anyway, the tester was going to fail it again, just saying "if it had it as
standard then it has to have it".. despite me printing out the pages from
the MOT test guide and arguing the point.
Fortunately I'd already fitted a replacement properly and just hidden it
under the seat just to see if I could blag it :-)­ So it's passed.

Thanks again

Jinx


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