The number of vehicles requiring warrant of fitness rechecks has now surpassed 40,500 but many motorists continue to ignore recall notices from the NZ Transport Agency. Some garages did not have the right equipment to test brakes and lights, passed faulty vehicles, or allowed unauthorised staff to do inspections. As of the end of March, just under a third of the vehicles recalled had been re-inspected, and of those re-tested, 60 per cent failed first time around. In the last week three Auckland garages - Autozone Services, Peninsula Motors in Whangaparoa, and World Motors in Glenfield - were suspended, resulting in 4333 vehicles being recalled because of the possibility they had incorrectly been classed as roadworthy. Affected motorists are offered vouchers valid for six months to get new warrants, and the Transport Agency plans to recoup the cost of rechecks from suspended WOF agents, but it cannot compel owners to have their vehicles retested.

Source: Stuff April 17, 2019 04:52 UTC