Door handle damage NCT Failure?

cintec

I'm due to put my car in for NCT however my passenger door handle is damaged it works but is a bit fiddly I was thinking this could be an NCT failure can anyone confirm.

Owen

My elderyly neighbours door lock packed up the day before her NCT, the Dealer didn't have one in time for me to fit, so she put it through the test and it passed. Lock came in a few days later and I fitted it, but it looks like they didn't check it.

Tazio

Well officially page 15 of the NCT handbook:

http://www.ncts.ie/pdf/nctmanual.pdf

DOOR/LOCKS/ANTI-THEFT DEVICES
Method of Testing
Examine the general condition of all doors.
1. Open each door and check the security of catches and receivers.
2. Close the door and, without using the handle, note whether the door primary and secondary catches hold the door closed.
3. By opening and closing each door note whether the door pillars are sound (see Item 35 for reasons for failure).
4. If the vehicle is fitted with sliding doors examine the condition of the runners and tracks and actuating mechanism.
5. Check that the steering lock is not fouling the steering mechanism when the ignition is switched on.

ITEM REASONS FOR FAILURE
Doors
Sliding Doors
Steering Lock (where originally fitted)
1 A door missing.
2 Door cannot be shut or opened normally or is liable to open on its own.
3 Insecure receivers or catch.
4 Runners, tracks, or actuating mechanism so defective that the door does not open or close properly.
5 A door missing.
6 Safety devices not working or defective.
7 Excessive wear or jamming of lock/barrel/ key mechanism of a steering.

piston

Tazio wrote: »

ITEM REASONS FOR FAILURE
Doors
Sliding Doors
Steering Lock (where originally fitted)
1 A door missing.
2 Door cannot be shut or opened normally or is liable to open on its own.
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That made me laugh. Surely you would tend to notice if one of your doors fell off? :rolleyes: