Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value · 1.4.2 · (a)(ii) · DVSA MOT (cars, vans and passenger vehicles, classes 3, 4, 5, 7)
What is the category for Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value · 1.4.2 · (a)(ii) · DVSA MOT (cars, vans and passenger vehicles, classes 3, 4, 5, 7)?
For Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value, inspection item number is 1.4.2; defect reference is (a)(ii); authority is DVSA MOT (cars, vans and passenger vehicles, classes 3, 4, 5, 7); category is Dangerous; inspection item is Efficiency, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06; source re-checked 2026-10-11.
(a)(ii) | Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value | Dangerous
— gov.uk, retrieved 2026-08-06
- Defect
- Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value verified
- Category
- Dangerous verified
- Inspection item number
- 1.4.2
- Defect reference
- (a)(ii) verified
- Inspection item
- Efficiency verified
- Authority
- DVSA MOT (cars, vans and passenger vehicles, classes 3, 4, 5, 7) our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
Source
- gov.ukhttps://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-inspection-manual-for-private-passenger-and-light-commercial-vehicles/1-brakes