{"id":48112,"date":"2014-09-29T15:23:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T15:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=47c5043516bd53d3df7352414124eab5"},"modified":"2014-10-06T12:19:58","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T12:19:58","slug":"news-story-driving-test-candidates-warned-on-vauxhall-recalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=48112","title":{"rendered":"News story: Driving test candidates warned on Vauxhall recalls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Updated the registration date that vehicles are affected from, from May 2014 to 6 February 2014.<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>A vehicle can be recalled by the manufacturer if it has a known safety fault.<\/p>\n<p>There has been a recall of some Vauxhall vehicles because of concerns about steering.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"recalled-vehicles\">Recalled vehicles<\/h2>\n<p>Your vehicle will need to be checked and may need to be fixed before you can use it for the driving test if it\u2019s on the list below.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicles are either Vauxhall Corsas or ADAMs registered from 6 February 2014, which includes some \u201863\u2019 number plates.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll need to check your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/vehicle-registration\/vehicle-identification-number\">Vehicle Identification Number<\/a> (VIN)  (the last 8 digits) to see if your car is affected.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"corsa-d-or-corsavan\">Corsa D or Corsavan<\/h3>\n<p>The affected VINs are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>E6071016 to E6118738<\/li>\n<li>E4181031 to E4308122<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"adam\">ADAM<\/h3>\n<p>The affected VINs are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>E6077301 to E6113446<\/li>\n<li>F6000001 to F6006544<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"what-youll-need-to-take-to-your-test\">What you\u2019ll need to take to your test<\/h2>\n<p>You\u2019ll need to take proof to your test that the vehicle has been checked and, if necessary, fixed.<\/p>\n<p>The proof you bring has to be one of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the actual recall letter or safety notice that has been stamped by the manufacturer or dealer<\/li>\n<li>written proof from the manufacturer or a dealer (on official or headed notepaper) that the car is safe for use in a driving test<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your test will be cancelled and you could lose your fee if you don\u2019t bring the right proof.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"test-dates-from-5-october-2014\">Test dates from 5 October 2014<\/h2>\n<p>If your test date is from 5 October 2014, you must give 3 clear working days\u2019 notice to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/change-date-practical-driving-test\">change<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/cancel-practical-driving-test\">cancel<\/a> your test without losing your fee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some vehicles are being recalled by Vauxhall and can&#8217;t be used for driving tests until they&#8217;ve been checked and fixed if necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48112"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48385,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48112\/revisions\/48385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}