# Missing fixing or loose to an extent which very seriously affects road safety. — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Missing fixing or loose to an extent which very seriously affects road safety., defect is Missing fixing or loose to an extent which very seriously affects road safety; category is Dangerous; inspection item number is 5.2.1; defect reference is (a); inspection item is Road wheel hub, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Missing fixing or loose to an extent which very seriously affects road safety. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Dangerous
- **Inspection item number:** 5.2.1
- **Defect reference:** (a) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Road wheel hub
- **Authority:** EU Directive 2014/45/EU Annex I _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (a) | Any wheel nuts or studs missing or loose. Missing fixing or loose to an extent which very seriously affects road safety. | | | 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/).