“However, motoring technology is continually advancing and the MOT has always been developed to reflect that.
“As more and more drivers have new technology in their vehicles, it is natural that they will get used to relying on these driver aids, therefore it is essential that these are regularly checked to ensure they will work properly in an emergency.”
KwikFit found drivers who have received an MOT failure in the past were most in favour of updating the test.
Those who had failed previously were 15 percent more likely to believe the changes should be made.
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The MOT test was last updated in May 2018 where stricter rules were imposed on a range of car parts as well as the introduction of new defect categories.
The introduction of new emissions checks as part of the updated MOT test has seen a spike in UK vehicles automatically flunk the assessment due to what is coming out of their exhausts.
Almost 1.3 million vehicles in total failed MOTs for emissions in the previous 12 months, which is 70 per cent higher than before the tougher checks were put in place in May 2018.
And it s diesel cars that are suffering the most, with over 420,000 being pulled up on emissions in 2019/20 - up 240 per cent on 2017/18, research has revealed.
Tougher emissions assessments as part of the revised MOT test has see failure rates for diesel cars in particular surge in the last two years, new data shows
A record number of vehicles failed their MOT because of emissions last year January 29 2021, 12.51pm
A Volkswagen Passat CC car is tested for its exhaust emissions, at a MOT (Ministry of Transport) testing station in Walthamstow, London, as the software used in Volkswagen’s diesel cars to trick emissions testers in the US was also built into its European vehicles, according to Germany’s transport minister.
Almost 1.3 million vehicles failed their MOT test in 2020 for reasons related to exhaust emissions.
A Freedom of Information request by MOT and service comparison site BookMyGarage.com shows that more vehicles failed their MOT on emissions in the last two years then any other before it.
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A record number of vehicles – almost 1.3 million – failed their MOT last year, because of faults relating to exhaust emissions, new data suggests.
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the DVSA found more cars have failed on emissions in the past two years than any other before it.
Overall failures last year were up by more than 70% compared to 2017/18 levels – the final year before the new regulations were introduced.
Diesel vehicles have seen the greatest surge in failures due to emissions, with a rise of 240% compared to just 37% for petrol vehicles, says BookMyGarage.com, which tabled the FOI.