Mon 3 Oct 2005 18:55 Auto Park Rear Wipers and MOT - Peter D

If you have a rear wiper and the auto park has failed is this a pass in an MOT. Regards Peter Reply | Report as offensive | Link

Mon 3 Oct 2005 19:04 Auto Park Rear Wipers and MOT - AndyT

I believe the rear wiper is not part of an MOT check. Same with reversing lights. Reply | Report as offensive | Link

Mon 3 Oct 2005 20:08 Auto Park Rear Wipers and MOT - Civic8

As AndyT said, -- Steve Reply | Report as offensive | Link

Mon 3 Oct 2005 20:10 Auto Park Rear Wipers and MOT - Number_Cruncher

If the auto park fails on the front it isn't a fail either, because the wipers still work and clear the screen. Number_Cruncher Reply | Report as offensive | Link

Mon 3 Oct 2005 20:19 Auto Park Rear Wipers and MOT - Spannerman1962

the rear wiper is not part of the vosa test but the front wiper MUST park properly so as not to obscure vision this is no more than 30mm into the normal swept area of the wipers the same rules as applies to sunstrips and other window stickers hope this clears this matter up Reply | Report as offensive | Link

Mon 3 Oct 2005 20:40 Auto Park Rear Wipers and MOT - Number_Cruncher

That the wipers should be capable of being parked out of the line of sight is a requirement, but this does not have to be an automatic action - or at least it didn't used to be the case - perhaps this a new requirement? Number_Cruncher Reply | Report as offensive | Link

Mon 3 Oct 2005 20:52 Auto Park Rear Wipers and MOT - Dynamic Dave

www.motuk.co.uk/manual_820.htm Reply | Report as offensive | Link

Tue 4 Oct 2005 09:45 Auto Park Rear Wipers and MOT - Spannerman1962

www.motuk.co.uk/manual_830.htm this also applies it is not the testers duty to MAKE the wipers park in the correct place if they do not they are obstructing the visiion this seems to be going off at a tangent anayway as the origonal thread was for rear wiper good link though dynamic dave well done Reply | Report as offensive | Link

Tue 4 Oct 2005 14:40 Auto Park Rear Wipers and MOT - Cliff Pope

The testers manual refers to windscreens, not specifically front windscreens? So wouldn't a badly parked rear wiper "obstruct" the rear windscreen? What about wipers that don't park automatically? I've had cars in the past (eg old LandRovers) that had a switch that stopped the blade at random. You then had to turn a separate knob to park it manually. Reply | Report as offensive | Link

Tue 4 Oct 2005 16:36 Auto Park Rear Wipers and MOT - martint123 >i>The testers manual refers to windscreens, not specifically front windscreens? So wouldn't a badly parked rear wiper "obstruct" the rear windscreen? Rear window isn't a "windscreen". You don't even need one - it could be solid metal so long as you have the required mirrors. Reply | Report as offensive | Link Tue 4 Oct 2005 16:47 Auto Park Rear Wipers and MOT - Cliff Pope So all those awful plastic flag stickers people used to display (Clacton, Minehead, etc) obscuring their rear view were legal after all? Reply | Report as offensive | Link Tue 4 Oct 2005 17:28 Auto Park Rear Wipers and MOT - Number_Cruncher >>What about wipers that don't park automatically? I've had cars in the past (eg old LandRovers) Indeed Cliff. Self parking wipers?.....Luxury!! Number_Cruncher Reply | Report as offensive | Link Tue 4 Oct 2005 22:07 Auto Park Rear Wipers and MOT - Cliff Pope >>What about wipers that don't park automatically? I've had cars in the past (eg old LandRovers) Indeed Cliff. Self parking wipers?.....Luxury!! Number_Cruncher>> The Triumph Roadster went one better than that. It had three wiper arms, the one in front of the driver being the master knob which set the motor going. The other two had to be locked in manually, if required. After switching off the driver's blade, all had then to be parked manually! The parked position was off the bottom of the windscreen on the chrome frame, not part of the swept area at all. Reply | Report as offensive | Link