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NCT Failure question

  • 06-03-2013 12:10pm
    #1
    jimmad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 159 ✭✭


    Hiya,

    Put my 09 focus through the NCT today and everything passed bar my Daytime running lights which I fitted aftermarket myself.

    The failure is for the auxiliary lamp switch does not operate independently of the side light. The guy testing it said that he reckons it needs a switch to operate them separately, now the DRL's automatically dip when the sidelights or dips are turned on exactly the same as my fathers 11 Mondeo.

    The retest isnt going to cost anything so ill disconnect them and take them back to get it passed.

    Is this a vaild failure?


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  • #2
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    This seems to be happening a good bit now. The NCT seems to taking the view that DRL's fitted to any car that was not factory fitted with them are just considered as spot/auxiliary/fog lights so the rules for those apply.

    There are various EU regulations for factory fitted DRL's, position, angle, brighness, how it functions with the other light etc etc and any aftermarket ones fitted can't be tested for having passed these regs.


  • #3
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    jimmad wrote: »
    Hiya,

    Put my 09 focus through the NCT today and everything passed bar my Daytime running lights which I fitted aftermarket myself.

    The failure is for the auxiliary lamp switch does not operate independently of the side light. The guy testing it said that he reckons it needs a switch to operate them separately, now the DRL's automatically dip when the sidelights or dips are turned on exactly the same as my fathers 11 Mondeo.

    The retest isnt going to cost anything so ill disconnect them and take them back to get it passed.

    Is this a vaild failure?

    Your setup is correct and is in line with EU regulations.

    Unfortanletely you are not the first person who failed NCT for it.
    It's a shame IMO, but it looks like you don't have a choice but just keep unplugging them for a test, unless NCT will change their requirements to match the law.


  • #4
    shooter88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 405 ✭✭shooter88


    jimmad wrote: »
    Hiya,

    Put my 09 focus through the NCT today and everything passed bar my Daytime running lights which I fitted aftermarket myself.

    The failure is for the auxiliary lamp switch does not operate independently of the side light. The guy testing it said that he reckons it needs a switch to operate them separately, now the DRL's automatically dip when the sidelights or dips are turned on exactly the same as my fathers 11 Mondeo.

    The retest isnt going to cost anything so ill disconnect them and take them back to get it passed.

    Is this a vaild failure?
    Take them out and go back...if its not there it can't be tested


  • #5
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    shooter88 wrote: »
    Take them out and go back...if its not there it can't be tested

    No need to take them off. Unplugging is enough.
    However it's a disgrace that they don't pass lights mounted within regulations.


  • #6
    jimmad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 159 ✭✭jimmad


    Thanks for the replies guys.
    I took the fuse out and went back and got it passed. I explained the situation to the new guy that inspected the change and him and another had a good head scratch before they passed it thought I told him that basically every new car on the road wasnt road legal if i was being failed for this.
    Fuse back in and lights back on now anyway :)


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