Motorists in the UK are being warned that if they ignore messages from their manufacturer over a recall, their car could be banned from the roads.
Cars which are subjected to being recalled could be instantly banned form the roads if the warning is ignored by the driver of the vehicle.
In addition to this, the car could automatically fail its MOT, even if the car passes all the other checks in the annual test.
Databases in car garages will be used to identify cars which have been issued for recall and immediately fail them.
The proposition has been made to encourage manufacturers to more efficiently address and repair faults and get drivers to act immediately if their car has been recalled.
New figures published earlier this year suggest that there were at least a million cars still on the road in Britain, despite drivers being made aware that there is a fault with it.
The new MoT failure system is said to be reserved to drivers car’s which are deemed to be the most dangerous, in a bid to quell too much disruption.
These new rules have been proposed by MPs on the transport select committee after the recall process of Vauxhall Zafira cars which were found to be a risk for catching fire in 2014.
News of the issues with these vehicles broke in September 2014, after it was revealed that the heating and ventilation system of the Zafira B model could catch ablaze.
Vauxhall was criticised over the recall process after it failed to inform the DVSA for over a year, leaving around 230,000 vehicles at risk.
In a statement, it said: “Vauxhall acknowledges that there are lessons to be learned from the cases of fire in Zafira B models.
“We have made changes to the way we investigate cases of vehicle fire and improvements to our recall process to ensure we complete recalls swiftly and minimise customer inconvenience.
The transport select committee said at the time: “The MPs’ report stated: “Vauxhall’s decision to continue to let people drive affected cars amounts to a reckless disregard for safety.”
An investigation by AutoExpress found that 2.2 million cars were affected by ten of the most serious vehicles recalls in the UK since 2012.
Worryingly, of these cars just 47.7 per cent of the cars were repaired by the dealer.
MPs are now calling for the Government to improve “compliance with a safety recall” to increase the amount of cars being fixed.
Creating incentives through the MOT and/or car tax system have been suggested to encourage more drivers to comply.
Department for Transport is now considering instant bans for cars that have been recalled.
The automatic MOT test failure will be looked in to by the DVSA.