Hi been working for a large company ie dhl and driving MAN tgv booked 2 off defect as side panel where you climb up to do airlines blows out on motorway so can’t see clearly in off side mirror transport manager says this is not a defect ! Any experience please
Bungie cords will sort that out. If you look at this pic you can see mine on show to the right of the ‘T’ of the ‘CAT’ halfway up the side panel 
Ring DVSA for advice/clarification. From works phone of course. 
If it blocks your view through the mirrors I would have thought it’s a defect, though not one you’d need to take the vehicle off the road for.
As mrginge said if it can’t be adjusted successfully it can be sorted with a bungee cord, fix one end of a bungee cord to one of the brackets on the back of the side panel and the other end to somewhere convenient at the back of the cab or the cat-walk.
Contact the DHL compliance team anonymously for a a cast iron answer. Show it to your manager and if it still doesn’t get fixed then report him to the compliance team. But be warned you’ll cause a complete ■■■■ storm.
When i was at DHL we had ‘Task Procedures’ for everything. The manager had a word with me after one shift as i changed a headlight bulb before leaving the yard, turns out i should have just found another unit.
transport manager says this is not a defect !
It was not designed to obstruct your drivers mirror view, therefore it is defective.
A bungee cord might fix the problem, but at our company we are not allowed to make
running repairs, as our repair might injure another driver. 
Also the bungee cord could snag the air lines etc. So If they are not willing to fix it,
ask if you can do a temporary repair so its safe to use. and ask for it in writing.
MANs have been doing this for at least 10 years I can think of, you’d think they’d have sorted it by now.
It wouldn’t fail an MOT for this.
Your own choice as to use a bungee, as suggested, or potentially get a rep as a troublemaker. It’s not serious enough to warrant any kind of contact with the DVSA over and they are extremely unlikely to dash round with their lights flashing over it.
I can’t remember what the MAN mechanism is like but often, on a lot of makes, you can put some heavy duty tape on the male part of the catch mechanism, if there is one, to make it thicker as this is generally what has worn or is coming loose too easily.
mrginge:
Bungie cords will sort that out. If you look at this pic you can see mine on show to the right of the ‘T’ of the ‘CAT’ halfway up the side panel
Typical, driver following satnav …
Nah all good no sat nav for that job, but that was as close as i could get to unload. I did make a scene though as i blocked a road and had to reverse out onto the main road after. The people in the pic in the orange were there to make sure the road was not damaged by the tracks on the CAT.
The joy i had with that load using probably the weakest unit in the fleet but nothing else was in the yard ha.
Id just effect my own temporary repair solution and crack on tbh. Far too many outfits proudly claim to have strict procedures for this, that, & every eventuality, right up to the point when it doesnt suit them to adhere. It would be interesting to see whether this tm would sign off the reported fault as not affecting vehicle roadworthiness. A cantankerous motorway patrol might see things differently. (bet Angus Nairn would have your sprouts in a bench vice). Had the same prob with one or two old dafs, and bungees had been strung about to lash the offending sides in. Ok to get you through a few shifts, but not a long term solution.
I would also be keeping a future beady eye on the aforementioned tm, as his judgement appears to be flawed.