Areas of inspection and the most common grounds for rejection

We want your car to pass the inspection. However, statistics show that we are forced to reject one in four cars.

Inspections are done according to legislation, which defines the areas for inspection. If you want to make sure your car will pass, then check that the following issues are in order (in addition to the compulsory payments and insurances):

Areas of inspection in annual inspections

• Identification of the vehicle

Vehicle identification number, register entries, documents, licence plate. Most common grounds for rejection: unpaid insurances and taxes.

• Shafts, tyres and suspension

Front shaft, rear shaft, suspension and shock dampers, tyres and rims.
Most common grounds for rejection: slack in the ball joint of the lower track arm, insufficient tread pattern depth in the tyres, excessive distance between the studs in studded tyres, broken springs, ineffective shock dampers.

• Chassis and body work

Chassis housings and floor, frame, anchor bars for the shafts, exhaust pipe, body work, fuel tank and tubing, protective structures, luggage tray, other structures of the chassis and body work.
Most common grounds for rejection: Corrosion and rust damage in the chassis and body work.

• Brake system

Brake, dynamometer test for the brake, parking brake (handbrake), dynamometer test for parking brake (handbrake), other brakes and decelerators.
Most common grounds for rejection: ruptured braking tubes, too-thin brake discs, uneven braking force between the front, rear and parking brakes, uneven brake force on the same shaft, ineffective parking break.

• Test drive and visibility

Windscreen and cleaning apparatuses, other windows, mirrors, field of view, test drive, interior of the body, control devices, tachometer and tachograph, cruise control and other displays.
Most common grounds for rejection: cracks in the windscreen, tinting films on the side windows.

• Steering gear

Steering joints and bars, steering box and other steering gears.
Most common grounds for rejection: slack in the ends of the rod track.

• Lights and electrics

Dipped-beam headlamps, long-distance lamps, extra lights, rear lights, brake lights, direction indicators, licence plate lamps, other lights and lit plates, battery and cables, warning lights, reflectors and horn.Most common grounds for rejection: malfunctioning bulbs, misaligned dipped-beam headlamps, malfunctioning height adjustment device for the dipped-beam headlamps.

• Environmental hazards

Exhaust emission measurements for petrol engine, exhaust emission measurements for diesel engine, noise, oil leakage, radio disturbances, OBD measurement and exhaust emissions.
Most common grounds for rejection: faulty exhaust emission values, leakage of the exhaust pipe giving unreliable exhaust emission measurements, engine leaks oil, trouble codes registered by the OBD system.

• Other devices and equipment

Power transmission, safety belts and equipment, coupling devices, warning triangle, speed plate, engine, locking device, latch-up for illegal use, other devices and equipment.
Most common grounds for rejection: worn out protection rubber for the driving joint, malfunctioning warning light for the airbag.