How to Prepare Your Car for a Roadworthy
Getting a car ready to sell or re-register? Here’s how to pass the roadworthy first time. A Cranbourne West licensed tester explains.
What a roadworthy checks
A roadworthy (RWC) covers safety items: brakes, tyres, steering and suspension, lights and indicators, windscreen and wipers, seatbelts, and that warning lights (like ABS and airbag) aren’t illuminated. It’s a minimum-safety check, not a condition report.
Common fails are worn tyres or brakes, blown bulbs, cracked windscreens, illuminated warning lights and worn suspension/steering parts.
Passing first time
Before testing, check tyres and brakes, replace any blown bulbs, sort a cracked windscreen, and address any warning lights — these are the easy fails. If you’re unsure, we’ll inspect it and tell you what needs doing.
As a licensed tester we can do the roadworthy and, with your approval, fix any fail items in-house so you don’t have to go elsewhere.
We’ll take care of it
Prefer to leave it to a specialist? We look after all of this as part of a service or a quick check — with honest advice on what your car actually needs, not what sells.
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How to Prepare Your Car for a Roadworthy — FAQ
Brakes, tyres, steering/suspension, lights, windscreen/wipers, seatbelts and that no safety warning lights are on.
Worn tyres/brakes, blown bulbs, cracked windscreen, warning lights and worn suspension.
Yes — as a licensed tester we can repair fails in-house with your approval.
Sort tyres, brakes, bulbs, windscreen and warning lights first — or let us pre-check it.
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