crack on tail light = fail ?

golfdiva

Hi

I have the NCT tomorrow and noticed there is a crack in the rear tail light of my car . Is this an NCT failure ?

TheElf

I put my fathers car through the NCT earlier in the year and he had a crack in the tail light, so I went to the car shop and got a strip of the light repair plastic to match the colour of the light, in this case clear! I stuck that on and it passed no problem, and this was more than a crack, it was a chunk gone out of it!

mcmc

I have a crack in my tail light and put it throught the NCT a few months back. Not a word said about it and passed no problem:)

slimjimmc

golfdiva wrote: »

Hi

I have the NCT tomorrow and noticed there is a crack in the rear tail light of my car . Is this an NCT failure ?

The test manual shows a failure if "Lens missing or broken" so they might call it up, but if it's only a crack with no bits missing they'll likely let it through.

If it does fail, you'll have to repair/replace the light but at least the retest is free since it's a visual retest.

trout

Pretty sure it's not a fail. Mine passed last month with a cracked brake-light ... repaired with superglue

Buffman

As long as the light is still showing red and not white, it should be ok. I'd stick a bit of clear tape on it to keep moisture out.