# Emission control equipment fitted by the manufacturer absent, modified or obviously defective. — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Emission control equipment fitted by the manufacturer absent, modified or obviously defective., defect is Emission control equipment fitted by the manufacturer absent, modified or obviously defective; category is Major; inspection item number is 8.2.1.1; defect reference is (a); inspection item is Exhaust emissions control equipment, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Emission control equipment fitted by the manufacturer absent, modified or obviously defective. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Major
- **Inspection item number:** 8.2.1.1
- **Defect reference:** (a) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Exhaust emissions control equipment
- **Authority:** EU Directive 2014/45/EU Annex I _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (a) | Emission control equipment fitted by the manufacturer absent, modified or obviously defective. | | | 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/).