# Switch does not operate in accordance with the requirements or the rear position lamps can be switched off when the headlamps are on — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Switch does not operate in accordance with the requirements or the rear position lamps can be switched off when the headlamps are on, category is Major; inspection item number is 4.2.2; defect reference is (a); inspection item is Switching; authority is DVSA MOT (cars, vans and passenger vehicles, classes 3, 4, 5, 7), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Switch does not operate in accordance with the requirements or the rear position lamps can be switched off when the headlamps are on _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Major _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item number:** 4.2.2
- **Defect reference:** (a) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Switching
- **Authority:** DVSA MOT (cars, vans and passenger vehicles, classes 3, 4, 5, 7) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (a) | Switch does not operate in accordance with the requirements or the rear position lamps can be switched off when the headlamps are on | Major

## Source

- https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-inspection-manual-for-private-passenger-and-light-commercial-vehicles/4-lamps-reflectors-and-electrical-equipment

Last verified: 2026-08-06. Review by: 2027-02-02.
Part of [Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts](https://referencesource.org/vehicle-inspection-defect-categories/).