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Annual MOT Assessment Topics for 2025-26

Find out what topics to train on for the 2025-26 exam
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The 2025-26 DVSA annual training and exam year starts on 1st April 2025 and ends on 31st March 2026. Following on from the previous 9 years, the proposals for the 2025-26 year is to include the following:

The annual MOT exam topics for vehicle classes 1&2 are:
(Group A)

Electric, hybrid and mild-hybrid vehicles, disabled rider controls and vehicle modifications

  • Identifying these vehicles (some electric bicycles are subject to MOT test);
  • Identifying high voltage cables (not all are orange);
  • Health and safety;
  • Testing hybrid, electric and hydrogen fuel cell systems;
  • Disabled driver and rider controls (as an addition to normal vehicle controls and when replacing normal vehicle controls);
  • Road testing vehicles fitted with disabled driver and rider controls;
  • Fuel caps and flaps.

Information in the MOT Testing Guide

  • Replacement certificates;
  • Disciplinary procedures, points evaluation and possible action;
  • MOT contingency test procedures;
  • Who to contact in situations like dealing with an incorrectly registered vehicle, needing testing advice, appealing against disciplinary action, and replacing certificates.

Test procedures

  • Using an assistant in both the bike and car test one-person test lane (OPTL);
  • Using the decelerometer;
  • Noise;
  • Headlamp alignment;
  • Brake test procedures;
  • Suspension movement (acceptable or not acceptable);
  • Wheel misalignment (shaft drive);
  • Belt drive;
  • Broken or modified levers;
  • Footrests (missing or not required, single seat conversion);
  • Reflectors (position, size, shape);
  • Exhaust modified;
  • Fuel leak;
  • Battery security.

The MOT Inspection Manual and MOT Testing Guide

  • Number plates (including vehicle registration dates for grey characters or 3D effects);
  • Using an assistant in both the bike and car test one-person test lane (OPTL) and automated test lane (ATL);
  • Lighting;
  • When the interaction between lamps is acceptable or not acceptable (for example, a daytime running lamp (DRL) is permitted to switch off when the same side indicator is operating);
  • Locking devices.

Example subjects

  • Front and rear position lamps can be incorporated with the direction indicator lamps – the position lamp on the same side of the of the direction indicator may or may not switch off when the indicator is switched on;
  • The DRL can function as a front position lamp – it may or may not switch off or dim when the headlamps are switched on and the engine is running;
  • Clutch and throttle controls (friction device, does not return to idle);
  • Number plate lamps;
  • Indicator lamps, position (moped, solo, side car);
  • Testing a motorbike with linked brakes;
  • Checking steering linkage;
  • Checking steering head bearings;
  • Checking a solo machine without a centre stand.

The annual MOT exam topics for vehicle classes 4&7 are:
(Group B)

Electric, hybrid and mild-hybrid vehicles, disabled driver controls and vehicle modifications

  • Identifying these vehicles;
  • Emissions, smoke and visual tests on hybrid vehicles;
  • What to do if the beam jack cannot extend clear of the batteries in the floor of an electric vehicle;
  • Identifying high voltage cables (not all are orange);
  • Health and safety;
  • Testing hybrid, electric and hydrogen fuel cell systems;
  • Disabled driver and rider controls (as an addition to normal vehicle controls and when replacing normal vehicle controls);
  • Road testing vehicles fitted with disabled driver and rider controls;
  • Fuel caps and flaps.

Information in the MOT Testing Guide

  • Replacement certificates;
  • Disciplinary procedures, points evaluation and possible action;
  • MOT contingency test procedures;
  • Who to contact in situations like dealing with an incorrectly registered vehicle, needing testing advice, appealing against disciplinary action, and replacing certificates.

Test procedures

  • Using turning plates correctly;
  • Using an assistant in both the bike and car test one-person test lane (OPTL);
  • Suspension checks, suspension bearing on a seized car;
  • Using the decelerometer;
  • Smoke test, temperature;
  • Smoke test pre-checks;
  • Smoke test plated values;
  • Noise;
  • Sound deadening material, noise suppression;
  • Fuel system (gas powered vehicles leak check) heat shields, leaks;
  • Headlamp alignment;
  • Brake test procedures;
  • The age of the vehicle;
  • Seating capacity;
  • L category vehicles;
  • Modified engine or emission control equipment;
  • Goods vehicles;
  • Conversions.

The MOT Inspection Manual and MOT Testing Guide

  • Number plates (including vehicle registration dates for grey characters or 3D effects);
  • Using an assistant in both the bike and car test one-person test lane (OPTL) and automated test lane (ATL);
  • Lighting;
  • When the interaction between lamps is acceptable or not acceptable (for example, a daytime running lamp (DRL) is permitted to switch off when the same side indicator is operating);
  • Locking devices.

Example subjects

  • Anti-theft devices (M1 not N1 after 2001);
  • Correct use of turning plates (all checks);
  • Speedometer operation;
  • Warning lamps (electronic stability control (ESC), anti-lock braking system (ABS), seat belt supplementary restraint system (SRS), tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS), engine malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) or engine management light (EML));
  • Mirrors.
Important
The above topics need to cover a minimum of 3 hours and a record of this training must be kept by the MOT tester for inspection by the DVSA. If a tester is qualified as both a Group A and Group B tester, they must carry out a total of 6 hours of training ensuring they cover the minimum requirement of 3 hours per vehicle class group.

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