# Adjuster damaged, seized or having abnormal movement, excessive wear or incorrect adjustment. — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Adjuster damaged, seized or having abnormal movement, excessive wear or incorrect adjustment., defect is Adjuster damaged, seized or having abnormal movement, excessive wear or incorrect adjustment; category is Major; inspection item number is 1.1.18; defect reference is (a); inspection item is Slack adjusters and indicators, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Adjuster damaged, seized or having abnormal movement, excessive wear or incorrect adjustment. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Major
- **Inspection item number:** 1.1.18
- **Defect reference:** (a) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Slack adjusters and indicators
- **Authority:** EU Directive 2014/45/EU Annex I _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (a) | Adjuster damaged, seized or having abnormal movement, excessive wear or incorrect adjustment. | | | 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/).