# Looseness or damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted. — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Looseness or damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted., defect is Looseness or damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted; category is Major; inspection item number is 6.1.4; defect reference is (a); inspection item is Bumpers, lateral protection and rear underrun devices, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Looseness or damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Major
- **Inspection item number:** 6.1.4
- **Defect reference:** (a) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Bumpers, lateral protection and rear underrun devices
- **Authority:** EU Directive 2014/45/EU Annex I _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (a) | Looseness or damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted. Parts likely to fall off; functionality heavily affected. | | | 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/).