Should our Car be ULEZ Compliant?
I live less than one mile from the ULEZ boundary. We sold our non compliant diesel estate recently and replaced it with an EV.
However, we also have a little petrol run around (Vauxhall Agila) that has been in the family for over 20 years, and is useful for all the crap jobs that you don’t want to do in a new car, like hauling garden waste to the local refuse centre etc.
I checked the reg (X256 GBP) and it is not UKEZ compliant, as it is not Euro 4.
But then I did some digging and the X10XE engine associated with this car is Euro 2 (not ULEZ compliant), but our car has the upgraded Z10XE engine, and this is clearly stated on the documentation we have (see picture below).
The Z10XE engine is Euro 4, so should be ULEZ compliant.
Have I missed something here? If not, how should so approach this
Should our Car be ULEZ Compliant?
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Originally Posted by
Boss13
I’ve had this scenario before where a family member car was showing not compliant. It’s fairly common.
You need to approach the manufacturer and they will write you a generic letter to let you know the car is compliant. Ensure the letter is addressed to you.
You then need to email that letter to TFL and they will update their database. You will then no longer be charged.
Any charges you pay before that, they will refund.
You can call TFL before you do all this in case something has changed. I did it about a year ago so it shouldn’t have. They will also provide you the email address to send the letter from the manufacturer.
Note when speaking to the manufacturer the letter you are asking for is called a certificate of conformity from memory.
Is this how people on FB and Nextdoor are saying that they can get your non compliant car compliant?
I did wonder how they did it at the time and the only thing that came to mind was they must work in the ULEZ offices but if a faked letter is all it takes then who knows?
Should our Car be ULEZ Compliant?
Just checked the logbook and their is no emissions data or Euro X engine information.
Checked the Vehicle standards agency and they only have data from 2001 (ours is a 2000 car).
You have to wonder where TfL are getting their data from as it is wrong. My guess is they are going on the cats age as they say Euro 4 is only as early as 2001. Wrong!
I have the original Vauxhall Car Pass that came with the car confirming a Z10XE engine which is Euro 4.
I then go to HPI emissions standard checker which after putting the reg in, gives me this answer.
I have previous (several) with TFL and the are a complete shower of sh1t.
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Should our Car be ULEZ Compliant?
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Originally Posted by
Padders
Was the Euro 4 engine fitted as new or was it swapped in? I doubt a modification will be accepted but if the former then I'd skip TFL and go to the source of their data. Speak to the manufacturer and then the DVLA. If you can show them a letter or type arrival cert from the manufacturer indicating the engine is Euro 4 compliant in that vehicle then they will change their records and your V5 to show it and TFL will accept that. I had a similar issue with my 2004 911, which showed no Euro data on the V5 and was thus liable. I got a letter from Porsche UK which showed my car it was indeed Euro 4 (listing the chassis number too) and they sent me a new V5 to show it. Job done, no more LEZ issues.
What p1sses me off is that when there is no data on the car (and there isn’t on ours; nothing on the V5, nothing on DVLA; nothing on Driver Standards Agency which is what TFL references) TFL seem to default to no compliance.
Most people will trust that TFL must be right when in fact they have done fook all investigation.
If TFL don’t have the data, they should right to each keeper explaining this and that the have defaulted to non compliance until you can prove otherwise. At least that will alert the keeper to do some of their own investigations.
I only chased this as I serendipitously noticed that something was not right when I looked through the cars documentation. No idea why I did this, but if I hadn’t that would be a old car needlessly sold on.
Should our Car be ULEZ Compliant?
Well, what a palaver that was.
Stellantis (Vauxhall) were initially a pain in the arsenal, but they came good in the end.
On the 21st August I asked Stellantis for an emissions letter which they will dole out free of charge. This would satisfy TfL requirements to exempt the car from a ULEZ charge.
Two weeks later I get an email to say they have stopped doling out the letters FOC and I need to pay £195 for a Certificate of Conformity (CoC). The car is worth less than the cost of the CoC!
Anyway, polite persistence and multiple times nagging them and asking them to honour their commitment for a free emissions letter, and they finally gave in and sent me a CoC FOC.
Twenty-three years old, and Postman Pat’s car lives to fight another MOT. I get my skip on wheels back, and my older kids get an ideal cheap car to learn to drive in.
Some really nice cars on the What Do You Drive thread, and I like my EV, but I have a more than grudging respect for this old girl which was unsurprisingly given to us by my wife’s grandmother 16 years ago, and she had owned it from new 7 years before that.
Should our Car be ULEZ Compliant?
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Originally Posted by
Boss13
For some reason, I love that GBP number plate on the Agila.
I suspect that may also be worth more than the car!
The tape that has been stuck in the cars tape deck for years is worth more than the car.
Cue anyone under 35 wondering what the hell I am talking about.
Should our Car be ULEZ Compliant?
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Originally Posted by
PhilT
Apologies if this has been answered already, but how come some cars show up as ULEZ compliant for London, but don’t meet the CAZ criteria elsewhere? They claim to have the same requirements (don’t they?) but why don’t they use the same database FFS?
For example I was looking at a car on Autotrader that came up clear for ULEZ/London but not Bristol, Birmingham or Scotland. I checked an identical model/year and it came up clear for all locations so presumably some discrepancy somewhere - but why the inconsistency?
I presume because the owner has provided the details of compliance to TfL only, and not to other CAZ operators.
Best to send the details to the DVLA and this will update all ULEZ and other CAZ systems.
I haven’t done that as out car never travels more than a few miles around London.