Auckland mechanic warned five times before WOF suspension

It's been revealed an Auckland garage was warned five times over nine months by the Transport Agency about dodgy Warrants of Fittness before it was suspended. In one case the garage charged for repairs that were never done on a car it still gave a warrant to. Westland Automotive and Tyre was suspended last Friday only after five visits by compliance officers who kept telling it to improve and fix broken testing equipment. NZTA is under fire for letting vehicle testers break safety rules repeatedly over long periods of time. NZTA said in a warning notice to Westland Automotive in April that the garage had correctly failed a Nissan car for having split front suspension bushes on 16 April. "However, the customer waited three hours and paid for repairs that were never undertaken," the warning to Westland's owner Akram Zakeri said. "You then passed the WOF." Phil Pennington has been investigating.