21.01.11

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Cars registered before January 1st 1980 are exempt from nct testing.

Effective from January 4th 2010:
Cars registered on or after 1 January 1980 will be subject to the NCT. In this way older vehicles will be brought into the testing system year on year.

Dangerous Vehicle
New arrangements will apply when it is considered that a tested vehicle would be a danger to the public if driven.  In such a case a “Fail Dangerous” notice will be affixed, and An Garda Siochana will be notified if the owner/presenter drives the vehicle from the centre.  The use of a dangerously defective vehicle on a public road is an offence for which the driver and owner could be prosecuted with a fine of up to €2,000 and 5 penalty points on conviction and/or 3 months imprisonment.

Effective from June 2010;
Annual testing of vehicles over 10 years old
At present two thirds of cars aged 10 years and older presented for a test do not pass first time. These older vehicles are more likely to be involved in a collision. Almost half (47%) of collisions that occurred in 2007 involved vehicles that were 9 years old or more.  From 1 June 2011 annual testing of cars over 10 years old will commence.  Cars over 10 years old will be issued an annual certificate after this date.

NCT Results for 2009
Category of cars tested in 2009 are 05 reg. 03 reg. 01 reg. 99 and all 92-96 reg vehicles.

05 Reg Vehicles: First time Pass Rate is 72% and Re-test Pass Rate is 96%
03 Reg Vehicles: First time Pass Rate is 61% and Re-test Pass Rate is 95%
01 Reg Vehicles: First time Pass Rate is 51% and Re-test Pass Rate is 93%
01 Reg Vehicles: First time Pass Rate is 51% and Re-test Pass Rate is 93%
99 Reg Vehicles: First time Pass Rate is 41% and Re-test Pass Rate is 89%
92-96 Reg Vehicles: First time Pass Rate is 33% and Re-test Pass Rate is 87%

Below please see the total numbers of vehicles tested and the overall pass rate.

Year 2009 Pass Fail Refusal Fail Dangerous Total
Full Tests 444,935 (51.5%) 412,887 (47.7%) 6,554 (0.8%) 864,376
Re-tests 367,404 (90.8%) 36,985 (9.1%) 556 (0.1%) 404,945

The main failure items were Front Suspension, Brake lines/ Hoses and Tyre Condition.