Dublin woman could be as much as €10,000 out of pocket after buying a car passed by the NCT which turned out to be a write-off
The Road Safety Authority, which has oversight of the operation of the NCT by Spanish-based company Applus+, said it 'acknowledges that this vehicle should not have passed its NCT upon its third presentation within a short period'.certificate has been told the car is “unroadworthy and unsafe for occupants and it does not conform to the requirements of the Road Traffic Act”.
“I found an independent automotive engineering consultant to come and check the faults that were coming up,” said Ms Woodley. That independent report made for some shocking reading. In one paragraph, the assessor noted: “The welding work carried out to the driver’s side front chassis rail is of very poor quality and does not conform to manufacturer or industry acceptable standards. There are gaps all around the welding area which affect the structural integrity of the vehicle.”
With the AA automotive engineer and the independent engineer in agreement, the NCT had no choice but to rescind the originally issued certificate of roadworthiness. Repair work had been carried out, it seems. According to the independent engineer’s report, the broken and bent chassis sections had been cut out and replaced in a dangerous fashion, but only with simple and structurally unsound spot-welds.
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