4849 blog 3 vehicle safety inspection sheet

4849 blog  3 vehicle safety inspection sheet

This blog will focus on the vehicle safety sheet we received in class. We did 3 sheets in class but I am choosing this one as it was the only car that failed the warrant inspection  (no point ranting about a car that passed). I will be showing the work sheet and going in to detail about the things that failed. These problems would stop a normal vehicle from passing a warrant of fitness.

Picture of me gone completely nuts after trying to use my  laptop camera on my worksheets. The quality of the pictures were shit at best and I was on the verge of punching the screen in.

Car i did my work on, its a Mazda Familiar sedan manual

After trying to take pictures of my work with a laptop (and failing miserable), I decided to copy the worksheet of the moodle site and paste it in word. I then saved it as a picture to upload it on blogger.
 

Page 1 of the vehicle inspection sheet. It displays the vehicle make, model, year and number. I have used my own contact details for this exercise but I do not own the vehicle. Nothing failed on this page and many parts of the test have been listed as Non applicable as they are not on the vehicle (either not standard or removed). Things like the registration plate lamps are removed as the vehicle has been De-registered. It's only intended for educational purposes and no longer considered road worthy.

Page 2 of the vehicle inspection sheet. This part of the inspection sheet show the failed components. The seat belts were showing signs of fraying and the left rear suspension arm was bent. A picture of both faults is shown below. The windscreen wipers were also not operating. Also mentioned there was slight surface rust on the exhaust system and some suspension components. Although this wouldn't fail a WOF inspection (only surface rust), it could later on if it got severe.

Page 3 of the work sheet. It shows the final readings and lists the recommendations of vehicle repair. As it failed numerous things this vehicle wouldn't be able to obtain a warrant until these problems are addressed. The reason you would have to fail the things listed above are

1) Bent steering arm

This would affect the strength and integrity of your left rear suspension. Any suspension component that has been bent (probably hit the curve at high speed moron) must be replaced. You can't take it of and try to bend it back into shape either as the tensional strength has been impaired beyond repair.

2) Window wiper not operating

An important safety feature of your windscreen. They are designed to clear water of your windscreen so visibility can be improved while your driving. If they don't work your vision would be impaired during a storm, or if Di-Bree covered your wind screen.

3) Fraying seat-belts

When your seat-belts begin to fray on the webbing it impairs their overall strength. Seat-belts are designed to save your life in the event of a crash by keeping you in your seat. If they are damaged you could fly through the windscreen (and die a terrible death).

4) Speedo not working

Although it's not a warrant of fitness requirement (Sefa said so not me) it still pays to know how fast your going when your driving. It's hard to manage the various NZ road speed requirements if you don't know how fast your going.

To conclude this blog I would never recommend driving a vehicle in this condition as it's highly dangerous, especially the window wipers as you could be driving half blind in a storm. This vehicle has deliberately been left faulty so students can simulate putting a vehicle through a warrant of fitness test. Although the car looked sound at first a quick inspection revealed some dangerous faults. So next time your mechanic fails your warrant of fitness don't take it personal, hes just trying to keep you safe. Either that or hes trying to rip you off with some bullshit work hahaha.