Drivers have to pay £109 or have cars 'taken off road' due to wing mirrors

Motorists have been urgently warned over a common MOT mirror mistake which could see them fail. Drivers face having to fork out an extra MOT fee to sit the test if they fail the first, with a common wing mirror mistake among the most likely reasons to fail.

Chris Jevons, Commercial Director at JTAPE warned "unsecured, broken or improperly adjusted car mirrors can not only make it difficult for drivers to see their blind spots properly". He added: "But they can also lead to other dangers and MOT failure in some cases."

Mirrors not being properly secured and improperly adjusted mirrors are just two of the reasons, as well as broken mirror indicator lights. He explained: "If your car mirror becomes damaged, lost, or ineffective, these defects could land you with an MOT failure.

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"If the mechanisms don’t work, this could mean that maximum visibility isn’t possible which can be dangerous when changing lanes, turning corners and looking for hazards." He went on: "If your car has mirror indicator lights, these must be functioning properly otherwise you could fail an MOT.

"This is because a malfunction that causes the light to flash continuously or not flash at all could be seen as misleading other drivers who might be looking at the lights to know when you’re changing direction." There’s a maximum amount MOT test stations can charge. This depends on the type of vehicle.

The maximum fee for a car is £54.85 and £29.65 for a standard motorcycle. You do not pay VAT on the fee. In some cases your vehicle can have a partial retest for free or a reduced MOT fee. The DVSA says: "You only need a partial retest if you leave the vehicle at the test centre for repair and it’s retested within 10 working days.

"There’s no fee for this."