# Insufficient load capacity or speed category for actual use, tyre touches other fixed vehicle parts impairing safe driving. — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Insufficient load capacity or speed category for actual use, tyre touches other fixed vehicle parts impairing safe driving., defect is Insufficient load capacity or speed category for actual use, tyre touches other fixed vehicle parts impairing safe driving; category is Dangerous; inspection item number is 5.2.3; defect reference is (a); inspection item is Tyres, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Insufficient load capacity or speed category for actual use, tyre touches other fixed vehicle parts impairing safe driving. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Dangerous
- **Inspection item number:** 5.2.3
- **Defect reference:** (a) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Tyres
- **Authority:** EU Directive 2014/45/EU Annex I _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (a) | Tyre size, load capacity, approval mark or speed category not in accordance with the requirements 1 and affecting road safety. Insufficient load capacity or speed category for actual use, tyre touches other fixed vehicle parts impairing safe driving. | | | 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/).