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safety inspection
- Thread starter abkdt41
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Doesn't matter if you're buying or selling from an inspection stand point. The standard is here --> http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/elaws_regs_900611_e.htm
Or, more likely, you bring in vehicles for inspection that don't pass.
I've been extorted before. The mechanic said I was within an 1/8" of the wear bars so I needed to buy new tires. The tire was worn, but it is by definition a pass according the the HTA section posted above. Needed the safety quickly so had to pay for rubber. Never went back to that dirty SOB.
Lol, sure.....
If that's the case then you need to report it to the MTO. They take safety inspection concerns very seriously. All complaints are investigated. When I was doing work for them ALL complaints from the public were around purchased vehicles not being safe. I didn't do a single inspection on a vehicle that should have passed.
There are good, and there are bad mechanics unfortunately.
I do my own work, and I respect a mechanic that catches something I missed. I have however had mechanics (Canadian tire) which have sabotaged my vehicle(s). It is unfortunate, but it does occur. In my case, two different vehicles, two different locations - years apart even, and in both cases, my vehicles magically developed torn CV Boots on the drive shafts (though i personally inspected them as OK not hours before).
I've had a vehicle I purchased turn out to be completely unfit for the road - to the point of where months after having purchased the certified vehicle from a used car dealer, the MTO inspected my vehicle, and the technician and the sales persons both lost their respective licenses. The Dealer's brother was the mechanic which wrote an illigal safety. The vehicle problem was a rotted out frame (rust) which the mechanic covered with black tar, and wrote up the car as a pass. I got into a mild fender bender, and it did massive damage - that was what raised the red flags to get the car inspected proper by the MTO. Neither of them will work in the car industry for the rest of their lives.
Good moto and auto technicians are worth their weight in gold. If you want to do your own work, make sure you do good work. When it comes to a safety, I leave nothing for "interpretation" I prepare the vehicle to pass, plain and simply. I am a bit overboard though, locktite every bolt and torqued to spec, every bolt gets white paint, and green paint dots (White for locktite, Green for torqued) and safety wire where applicable.
I do my own work, and I respect a mechanic that catches something I missed. I have however had mechanics (Canadian tire) which have sabotaged my vehicle(s). It is unfortunate, but it does occur. In my case, two different vehicles, two different locations - years apart even, and in both cases, my vehicles magically developed torn CV Boots on the drive shafts (though i personally inspected them as OK not hours before).
I've had a vehicle I purchased turn out to be completely unfit for the road - to the point of where months after having purchased the certified vehicle from a used car dealer, the MTO inspected my vehicle, and the technician and the sales persons both lost their respective licenses. The Dealer's brother was the mechanic which wrote an illigal safety. The vehicle problem was a rotted out frame (rust) which the mechanic covered with black tar, and wrote up the car as a pass. I got into a mild fender bender, and it did massive damage - that was what raised the red flags to get the car inspected proper by the MTO. Neither of them will work in the car industry for the rest of their lives.
Good moto and auto technicians are worth their weight in gold. If you want to do your own work, make sure you do good work. When it comes to a safety, I leave nothing for "interpretation" I prepare the vehicle to pass, plain and simply. I am a bit overboard though, locktite every bolt and torqued to spec, every bolt gets white paint, and green paint dots (White for locktite, Green for torqued) and safety wire where applicable.
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I've had good and bad service from the same shops. What I seem to notice is that if they're busy they do what's on the work order and move on. If they're slow they look around and may notice something, particularly if it's quick and profitable.
I paid a GM dealer to diagnose a noise problem and they came up vague. The mechanic at Canadian Tire spotted it immediately and he wasn't even told to look.
The same Canadian Tire told me my alternator was shot but since it still brightened the headlights when I reved the engine I got a second opinion from an alternator shop. There was no problem. CTC charged me $35, the alternator shop ZERO. (I gave them some coffee money in appreciation) What ticked me off was that CTC did a follow up satisfaction phone call asking if I was satisfied with the service. I gave them the info and thought maybe someone would get back to me with an explanation or something. NADA.
A mechanic buddy gets people wandering into his shop asking how much for a safety if they don't have to bring the vehicle in. They seem disappointed that he doesn't jump at an extra fifty bucks.
I paid a GM dealer to diagnose a noise problem and they came up vague. The mechanic at Canadian Tire spotted it immediately and he wasn't even told to look.
The same Canadian Tire told me my alternator was shot but since it still brightened the headlights when I reved the engine I got a second opinion from an alternator shop. There was no problem. CTC charged me $35, the alternator shop ZERO. (I gave them some coffee money in appreciation) What ticked me off was that CTC did a follow up satisfaction phone call asking if I was satisfied with the service. I gave them the info and thought maybe someone would get back to me with an explanation or something. NADA.
A mechanic buddy gets people wandering into his shop asking how much for a safety if they don't have to bring the vehicle in. They seem disappointed that he doesn't jump at an extra fifty bucks.
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