# Loose or missing securing bolts to such an extent that road safety is seriously endangered. — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Loose or missing securing bolts to such an extent that road safety is seriously endangered., defect is Loose or missing securing bolts to such an extent that road safety is seriously endangered; category is Dangerous; inspection item number is 6.1.7; defect reference is (a); inspection item is Transmission, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Loose or missing securing bolts to such an extent that road safety is seriously endangered. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Dangerous
- **Inspection item number:** 6.1.7
- **Defect reference:** (a) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Transmission
- **Authority:** EU Directive 2014/45/EU Annex I _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (a) | Loose or missing securing bolts Loose or missing securing bolts to such an extent that road safety is seriously endangered. | | | 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/).