# Incomplete, illegible, obviously falsified, or does not match the vehicle documents. — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Incomplete, illegible, obviously falsified, or does not match the vehicle documents., defect is Incomplete, illegible, obviously falsified, or does not match the vehicle documents; category is Major; inspection item number is 0.2; defect reference is (b); inspection item is Vehicle identification/chassis/serial number, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Incomplete, illegible, obviously falsified, or does not match the vehicle documents. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Major
- **Inspection item number:** 0.2
- **Defect reference:** (b) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Vehicle identification/chassis/serial number
- **Authority:** EU Directive 2014/45/EU Annex I _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (b) | Incomplete, illegible, obviously falsified, or does not match the vehicle documents. | | | 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/).