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[matsmith749]

No need to read between the lines. It's either part of the government managed MOT test or its not.

Right now, it's not.

The connected technology for MOT stations is in regard to the test equipment itself (brake testers, headlight aim etc) being connected directly to the systems used to record the tests.

Not the car. Not yet.

I've heard of some stations testing out obd connected told to read things like rpm & engine temp when doing the emissions test, but it's unusual & from November 2022 the guidance permitting that practice had been withdrawn by the DVSA.

[deltasierra]

Connecting to the car can give them all sorts of information about the car, the way you drive and where you have been, all protected by security rules of course (unless it suits them otherwise).

[pvr]

I never like taking older cars to an MOT, it never feels right straight afterwards. Perhaps it is the revving they do.

[Rockhopper]

I've never seen anything resembling an OBD reader in an MOT bay and I've seen a few in my time. The official Government MOT testers manual is freely available able on line - it says what they can and cannot do - no mention of OBD at all.

[SV8Predator]

I've never seen anything resembling an OBD reader in an MOT bay and I've seen a few in my time. The official Government MOT testers manual is freely available able on line - it says what they can and cannot do - no mention of OBD at all.

From the .gov.uk link previously:

"We’re also experimenting with connecting to vehicles during the MOT via the European on-Board Diagnostic port (EOBD). We’ve successfully extracted the VIN, the mileage and, in some cases, fault codes from a high percentage of vehicles."

So it looks like it's coming!

[matsmith749]

It's a pretty old link, with info & guidance that has been changed over time.

Don't read to much into it in isolation.