This might be a daft question, but then occsaionally MOT rules don’t make much sense… I’m vaguely looking at a used people carrier which is missing some seats- it’d suit my needs well and it’s obviously cheaper than normal, so win/win. But, is there any implications for the test? The related seatbelts are also missing so I don’t think I’ll run into any of those weird “If present, must work” situations…

Can’t test a seat/seatbelt if it’s not there.

No problem at all.

Mine has regularly been rested with seats missing.

Edit; what he said. too slow…

Fail if your spare is bald. Pass if you take it out.

isn’t it the same with a rear windscreen wiper,
mot fail if it doesn’t wipe/work,
pass if u take it off/don’t have one

Cool, ta- was just concerned there might be specific seat rules

(my motorbike’s the same- used to have a sidelight, but I removed it long ago. Every year they tell me it’ll fail, then go and look up the regs, then it passes- if present must work, no requirement to be fitted.)

rear wiper is not on the MOT and what they said – you do need a drivers seat though 😀

i’ve taken a couple of people carriers for mot with seats out – no problems

didn’t get the bald spare bit – i asked at recent mot as had swopped spare onto rear previous day and left spare on back door (4wd) with a nail in it

i asked should i take it off and take home – told me don’t check spare

Last time mine (VW T4 Multivan) was in for MOT it only had a drivers seat fitted (from another van) as mine were all out for steam cleaning.

Passed no problem, but eyebrows were raised

(also the spare was removed a long time ago, the rear wiper has been blanked, and the CAT removed, all no problem)

Passed mot on landrover by taking off the damaged windscreen