You need to get your vehicle, vehicle parts and accessories fixed or replaced by the manufacturer if they find a serious problem with them. This includes: cars motorcycles, quadricycles and tricycles caravans and horse boxes child car seats seat belts and harnesses tyres components and parts agricultural equipment lorries, buses, coaches and minibuses You can report a serious safety defects with your vehicle or accessory if it could cause injury.

Recalled vehicles, parts and accessories

If your vehicle is recalled for a safety reason, you’ll usually be sent a letter by the manufacturer telling you: why it’s being recalled what you need to do next who you should contact You will not get a letter if the manufacturer does not have your contact details, for example for car child seats. You will not usually have to pay for any repairs or parts under a safety recall. Other ways of finding out about recalls You can check if a vehicle model, part or accessory has been recalled for a safety reason. If you’re in England, Scotland or Wales, the MOT certificate might also tell you if your vehicle has been recalled for a safety reason. It’ll depend on the manufacturer. What you need to do You’re legally responsible for making sure that your vehicle is: kept in a safe condition safe to drive whenever you drive it If you do not get your vehicle inspected and fixed, you could: affect any insurance claim you make put yourself and others at serious risk You can be fined up to £2,500, be banned from driving and get 3 penalty points for driving a vehicle in a dangerous condition.

Faults with vehicles, parts and accessories

Faults in the way vehicles, vehicle parts and accessories are designed or made have to be registered with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency ( DVSA ) if they: mean it could become unsafe in the future if it’s not fixed could mean that the vehicle, part or accessory no longer meets the legal standard Other types of general faults are not registered with DVSA. How you’ll be told about faults If you own something affected, you might be sent a letter by the manufacturer telling you: what the fault is what you need to do next who you should contact You usually do not have to pay to get the fault fixed. Other ways of finding out about faults You can contact the manufacturer or dealer of your vehicle, part or accessory to check for any registered faults. What you need to do You do not have to do anything about the fault if you do not want to. However, not getting it fixed could mean that: it becomes unsafe in the future your vehicle fails its next MOT Examples Your vehicle could become unsafe if the vehicle manual has the wrong tyre pressure recommendation in it. Your vehicle would fail its MOT if the manufacturer had put the wrong Vehicle Identification number (VIN) on it and you did not get it fixed.

Vehicle recalls and faults

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You need to get your vehicle, vehicle parts and accessories fixed or replaced by the manufacturer if they find a serious problem with them.

This includes:

cars
motorcycles, quadricycles and tricycles
caravans and horse boxes
child car seats
seat belts and harnesses
tyres
components and parts
agricultural equipment
lorries, buses, coaches and minibuses

You can report a serious safety defects with your vehicle or accessory if it could cause injury.

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