# Electrical wiring likely to touch hot or rotating parts, drag on the ground or the connectors for braking or steering disconnected — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Electrical wiring likely to touch hot or rotating parts, drag on the ground or the connectors for braking or steering disconnected, category is Dangerous; inspection item number is 4.11; defect reference is (a)(iii); inspection item is Electrical wiring; authority is DVSA MOT (cars, vans and passenger vehicles, classes 3, 4, 5, 7), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Electrical wiring likely to touch hot or rotating parts, drag on the ground or the connectors for braking or steering disconnected _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Dangerous _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item number:** 4.11
- **Defect reference:** (a)(iii) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Electrical wiring _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **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)(iii) | Electrical wiring likely to touch hot or rotating parts, drag on the ground or the connectors for braking or steering disconnected | Dangerous

## 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/).