# Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured and affecting the driver’s view of the road or of an obligatory external mirror — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured and affecting the driver’s view of the road or of an obligatory external mirror, category is Major; inspection item number is 3.2; defect reference is (a)(ii); inspection item is Condition of glass; authority is DVSA MOT (cars, vans and passenger vehicles, classes 3, 4, 5, 7), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured and affecting the driver’s view of the road or of an obligatory external mirror _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Major _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item number:** 3.2
- **Defect reference:** (a)(ii) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Condition of glass
- **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)(ii) | Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured and affecting the driver’s view of the road or of an obligatory external mirror | Major

## Source

- https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-inspection-manual-for-private-passenger-and-light-commercial-vehicles/3-visibility

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/).