Leicester City Council Taxi Testing & Public MOT Station

Great MOT testing centre for taxis and private vehicles in Leicester. Easy to find just off of Belgrave Road. Relatively good value for council MOT. Friendly staff. Really quick and efficient - all done in 40mins.A great option for MOT for those that live in Leicester as well as in Nottingham (where council do not offer MOT for private vehicles).

Booked my 35k car for mot as i need the car for executive chauffeur businessFailed Mot as tyre had a minor puncture repairedReplaced tyre from another car as new weee not available until next weekRebook retest and the guy failed it again saying it was a used tyreWhat law does he have ti follow don’t understandLost business for 6 days in xmas periodAbsolutely ridiculous money making placePlease avoid at all costI couldn’t avoid it a the car is under leicester city council plateAvoid avoid avoid

I was recommended to use this site by a friend from the Leicester University Engineering department, who had been using them for many years.I found it to be a straight forward and a honest MOT test, unlike so many other private companies who are looking for work that is not required to bump up there cost.I will be DEFINITELY be using them again every year for all my vehicle .

Testers are really passive-aggressive. No complaints process. Have no patience when explaining what they believe to be the fault. I've now gone over to wolverhampton. It's cheaper and less hassle. 1 taxi mot a year. Independent garage.. if they see a fault, they will repair it. Rather, you have to go out and find a mechanic who agrees with leicester mot testers conclusions.

Have no idea how to provide a public service. Behaving like a dictator. Not treating like a customer. They should respect as like any other private business.They think they can do anything, because no one can challenge them. The reason is that, they are employed by the city council. In my opinion there should be a very clearly explained on the notice board,if a customer is not happy with their services. HOW AND WHERE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SERVICE ?

Have known about Council run MOT stations forever, but never got round to using one. This time, though, after last year's minor debacle with my usual station... (he had the car all day, parked on a yellow line outside, then, when I returned near the end of the working day, asked if I'd like to take it elsewhere...) He's honest enough, but prefers cars that need repairs, and I usually prepare mine reasonably well rather than risk failure.I decided, after last year's experience, it was time to try my nearest Council run place, despite the distance. I live in North Northamptonshire, so the Leicester one's about 25 miles for me. (closer than Towcester, though)I booked for 07.30, and arrived very early to beat city traffic, and bumbled off into the city for a coffee. The guys arrived to open up at 07.15, and I popped in at 07.25 to wait.Got a cheery reception, and watched the car being tested in a nice, light, clean, organized shop. No time wasting, no rushing about, and the tester was thorough, methodical and fair. I usually, if I'm present while my car's being tested, have to watch my car up on the ramp having nothing done to it, while the tester's on the phone to customers, or advising his mechanics, or chatting to mates. Here, the guy got on with the task in a businesslike manner, no rushing, but no wasted time either. I had a couple of (fair) advisories including a tarnished rear reflector I'd not noticed, but the car passed. (I'd done a bit of preparatory work, though)In the past, I've had a local garage claim to have topped up a newly serviced Fiesta with oil (2 litres??? is that likely? at £4.50 back when a gallon cost less...) That I needed replacement brake pipes (passed elsewhere, then again, and again, at another station for three more years...) And one which suggested my newly fitted (week old) rear shock absorbers were leaking. That led to an interesting conversation, since I submitted the car on a wet day, and the leaking fluid, much to my tester's embarrassment, turned out to have the viscosity, lubricity and smell of... Water!I had a chat to a couple of local taxi drivers, in for their tests, and they were full of praise for the place. They do a serious test, here, though, don't expect an easy pass, but, since they don't do repairs, have no commercial axe to grind.All in all, a good experience. Highly recommended.

Will never pass with these test centre most taxi driver suffering with their treatment you fix the faulty then your next appointment is next week which is retest will takes only 2mints but they dont care about your life and your earning at all LCC ashamed go for Wolvs plate more easer and dose exactly the same job DONOT BOTHER THESE PEOPLE AT ALL!!"'"

If you pass an MOT in this place first time, than it might be a miracle. They find even tiny and unnecessary things that could come across as fail, that you will definitely have an heart attack, at the end of the day, when you become a taxi or minicab driver for the Leicester City council. Don't take me wrong, we must need to have high standard to be a taxi driver, but the stupid, nonsense and idiotic thing that we all drove for leicester for a high standard, wolverhamton with less standard filling and dominating the city,I felt, I have been discriminated and intimidated many times with the MOT everytime I went here. Its disgusting and shame, they have only one center with the full authority to pass or fail, given them this discriminative and authoritarianism kind of decision making power, intimidated by everytime, someone going their to do the test.Only few staffs are friendly, most of them are grumpy and unhappy face. They have lack of communication with the council licensing and uninformative working ethics, clearly showing their pathetic failure to pass many leicester drivers and sending them away to other councils or authority to obtain licences.

A famous place where Mot testers get from home to centre with intention find a tiny things to fail mot ,I wish NHS provide services like this to diagnose like this . How wonder Leicester cabbie turning to Wolverhampton but I'm Leicester bond will stay for ever .

Receptionist is very rude and unprofessional she is treating you like shet Leicester City Council should find someone who are professional with the job. She should leave this job as soon as possible.