# Drum or disc excessively worn, excessively scored, cracked, insecure or fractured. — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Drum or disc excessively worn, excessively scored, cracked, insecure or fractured., defect is Drum or disc excessively worn, excessively scored, cracked, insecure or fractured; category is Dangerous; inspection item number is 1.1.14; defect reference is (a); inspection item is Brake drums, brake discs, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Drum or disc excessively worn, excessively scored, cracked, insecure or fractured. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Dangerous
- **Inspection item number:** 1.1.14
- **Defect reference:** (a) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Brake drums, brake discs
- **Authority:** EU Directive 2014/45/EU Annex I _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (a) | Drum or disc worn Drum or disc excessively worn, excessively scored, cracked, insecure or fractured. | | | X | X

## Source

- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32014L0045

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/).