# Control cracked, damaged or excessively worn. — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Control cracked, damaged or excessively worn., defect is Control cracked, damaged or excessively worn; category is Major; inspection item number is 1.1.5; defect reference is (a); inspection item is Hand-operated brake control valve, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Control cracked, damaged or excessively worn. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Major
- **Inspection item number:** 1.1.5
- **Defect reference:** (a) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Hand-operated brake control valve
- **Authority:** EU Directive 2014/45/EU Annex I _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (a) | Control cracked, damaged or excessively worn. | | | 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/).