Council MOT Centres Near Me

As the vehicle owner, you can choose from independent garages, national chains, council-run MOT stations, or dealerships to carry out your MOT test.

Nower days there are fewer council run MOT centres but you can still find them in nearly all regions of the UK.

Why Consider a Council MOT Centre?

The main reason people choose council run MOT Centres is that they generally only offer MOTs and no other additional "upsell" services so could be seen as more impartial although all authorised MOT Centres must follow the same rules so in reality this should not be the case.

For others, that lack of services "upsell" can be seen as a downside of using a council run MOT centre as if you vehicle fails then you'd need to engage another garage to make any fixes and then return to the original test centre for a retest. Many non-council MOT centres offer a pre-service or free re-tests if you undergo any fixes at the same garage, this gives your vehicle the best chance of passing the MOT and makes it more convinient if faults are found.