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To be fair it does look like a pig of a job, not impossible to do with jack stands but it'll be... entertaining
Note that Ford always do an all round check and always find something. If you follow their replacement advice you would have a new car every 5 years, take what they say with a pinch of salt.
They recently MOT’d my nephews fiesta ST, failed on brake pads and wouldn’t give him the car back unless he payed £200.
When my brother demanded the pads back there was plenty of life on them, certainly in no way dangerous. I have a Ford but wont touch them with a bargepole, my car has had its services to maintain warranty but as soon as it finishes I’ll be off to a specialist.
Not saying the repair is not required, just worth checking.
And they could only fail it on pads if they can see they are worn to less than a mm (IIRC - it's a been a while since I actually had to read the testers manual!).
I won't comment on unnecessary work, other than a lot of dealers have incentive schemes to get extra work, and there are a noticeable number of questionable mechanics with few morals.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mot-changes-20-may-2018
So a "dangerous" fault means "do not drive the vehicle until it's been repaired".
As to what constitutes "dangerous", I suppose there will be a list for testers?
However I have also seen advice that you CAN drive it if the old MOT is still in force, i.e. you took it in before the last one expired.
Regardless, the garage has no authority to stop you driving the vehicle away, regardless of condition. You may be breaking the law and invalidating your insurance by doing so, but that is your choice.
Besides, brake pads would have to be worn to metal, to be considered a dangerous failure, and even then they'd have to be at risk of causing sudden brake failure I.e. worn so much the remaining backing is likely to fall out the carrier.
For the record a refusal to issue (technical term) has invalidated an existing MOT for some time, just very few people were aware of it, although it is on the government website