Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 74557
Motor Vehicles: Testing
Tabled: 2 September 2025
Answered: 9 September 2025
Question
Dan Aldridge
Labour — Weston-super-Mare
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to standardise the measure of vehicle sound testing in MOTs.
Answer
Simon LightwoodExcessive exhaust noise is currently tested with a subjective assessment at the MOT in which the tester can fail the vehicle if they believe it is producing excessive noise for the vehicle model. The MOT standard for exhaust noise requires that the noise ...
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