Unhappy with MOT

un1eash

Who took the car for the mot?

I suggest you cut your loses and find somewhere more honest to get it mot'd.

gibbo52

The pads clearly are not below the limit but they look in a poor state, in fact I would say they look more dangerous than if they were in good condition and only 1.5mm.
Go back and say the pads are not below 1.5 and the tyre is not below 1.6mm get the mot then get the brakes looked at and the tyre done later.

Delvey

I did, and that is the plan
How so? Because of the rust? If you think they look dangerous because a bit of rust, you have never owned a 13 year old car

mjn

Looks like surface rust to me. A wire brush would sort that out.

gibbo52

No because of 40  years in the motor trade, anyone who thinks them brakes are ok should not be going near car repairs or advising on repairs.

un1eash

Look fine to me, I've seen a lot worse. A bit of a lip on the discs but enough pad material and no obvious signs on scoring on the disc surface. I personally would look at replacing soon but there's nothing there that should fail an mot.
I take it they did a brake test on the rollers and everything was ok.

IronGiant

But the tread left on the pads isn't it is it?  

Delvey

So because you say so? Nice.
They work fine. No issues on the tests apart from the lie that they are under 1.5mm thick.

Delvey

Everything fine on the front.
Sticking rear caliper on the rear (advisory, not fail)

IronGiant

@gibbo52 why the funny?, it's a genuine question.  Those pads are not anything like 1.5mm are they? so what is the issue, we don't all have 40  years in the motor trade and would like to be informed not patronised.