# Fire risk due to fuel tank shield or exhaust shield missing where fitted as original equipment — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Fire risk due to fuel tank shield or exhaust shield missing where fitted as original equipment, category is Dangerous; inspection item number is 6.1.3; defect reference is (e); inspection item is Fuel system; authority is DVSA MOT (cars, vans and passenger vehicles, classes 3, 4, 5, 7), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Fire risk due to fuel tank shield or exhaust shield missing where fitted as original equipment _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Dangerous _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item number:** 6.1.3
- **Defect reference:** (e) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Fuel system
- **Authority:** DVSA MOT (cars, vans and passenger vehicles, classes 3, 4, 5, 7) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (e) | Fire risk due to fuel tank shield or exhaust shield missing where fitted as original equipment | Dangerous

## Source

- https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-inspection-manual-for-private-passenger-and-light-commercial-vehicles/6-body-structure-and-attachments

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/).