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Originally Posted by ad14211
the reason i used kwik fit was because my insurance company MORE THAN gave me a free MOT if i renewed my insurance with them, but the MOT had to be with my local Kwik Fit branch. Anyway they performed the MOT and phoned me to say my brakes needed replacing and will cost around £400. I was going to tell them to do the work because my mother was very ill at the time and could do without the hassel ,however i told them to do one but they said i would have to pay for a re test £55 if a took it somewhere else. i took it too my usual mechanic and he said the brakes would be OK for At Leat another year with the mileage i do. I've just had it MOT'd for this year and been told the brakes should last at least for another 6 months. Suppose the moral of the story is there is no such thing as a free MOT and I will never use Kwik Fit again.
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You do realise this thread is 5 yrs old
Anywhoo in relation to your experience ,you did get your free MOT ,and of course you will have pay for a re test because your car failed ,the re test is normally at a reduced price or free if done within a 7 day period at the same test center ,but if you go elsewhere you will have to pay full price because a different test center will have to do a full test .Don't forget that an MOT test is now computerised and your car is now registered as a fail in the DVLA data base and will not be updated unless you get a pass certificate
The other thing to remember is that MOT's are subjective .One tester may have a differing opinion to another ,they will be close but not identical depending on how strict a tester is and since all the testers have said your breaks need doing soon i would get them done