Checklist: Because of these little things, cars are falling through the TÜV

Last year, every fifth car rattled during the main inspection. Only 67.8 percent made it “without complaint” through the exam. It is actually not that difficult to get a new badge by car and avoid expensive freight exams.

Basically there are four defects in the TÜV (and other test companies, such as Dekra or GTÜ). The easiest way to do vehicles “without determined defects” – the badge is granted, there is nothing to do. So -called “low defects” do not necessarily lead to the failure of the exam. This can be scratches on the mirror or defective license plate lighting. In this case, the defect on the test report is noted and it is expected that it will be remedied immediately without checking. Low defects may be understood as goodwill regulation, unless you collect too many small defects.

The situation is different with “considerable defects”: if the tires have driven off, the brake rusted defective or load -bearing parts, you fail. You then get four weeks to eliminate the defects and drive to the HU follow-up examination. The vehicle may be moved within this period. If a proper repair is attempted at the reunification, the vehicle gets a badge again.

It is a little more drastic with “dangerous defects”. If the examiner determines defects that “represent a direct and immediate risk to traffic or impair the environment”, the badge is refused. Even more: If a so -called risk act in the investigation report is noted, the vehicle may only be driven home or to the workshop. The car can be presented again within one month. If everything is fine, you get a badge.

However, if the examiner determines “an immediate traffic hazard”, the vehicle can also be shut down on site. Then participation in road traffic is immediately excluded. This happens, for example, when braking or steering systems are defective or the rust’s chassis is interspersed.

How to avoid a follow -up examination – and immediately come to the new badge – is no secret :. Some things can only be checked rudimentarily, others are very easy to check. For example, there would be:

If all of this has been checked, nothing stands in the way of a successful main inspection. The easiest way is, of course, to have the badge granted in the course of an inspection. If the vehicle is at a workshop anyway, it is more likely that these defects will recognize and remove before the examiner arrives – then they don’t have to worry or search through checklists.

But there are also curiosities in the main inspection that you probably don’t have on the piece and which are not part of the checklists. For example, so-called dead-angle mirrors for sticking on the vehicle mirrors. An auditor will always ask you to remove them. Or, as the “” writes, a missing sun visor. With a convertible, according to specialist magazine, this can be a reason for a low deficiency.

Foils on the front slices, painted headlight covers or supposedly suitable LED lamps without explicit approval for the corresponding vehicle are also unpopular.