In your article about the MOT rules from 1/1/12, you advise that afterrmarket HID conversions will fail without washers and self-levelling. You appear to be wrong on this. The official MOT testers ...

I have a 2010 Nissan Qashqai with a headlamp washer jet that won't retract after spraying. Nissan quoted £228 for a replacement and our local independent garage is unable to source the jet assembly.

We have a 2007/57 Mini Cooper S Convertible. At its recent MoT we were told it had failed because both headlight washers were not working. The probable reason given was "driving on bumpy roads" or ...