# Inconsistency between the angle of the steering wheel and the angle of the wheels. — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Inconsistency between the angle of the steering wheel and the angle of the wheels., defect is Inconsistency between the angle of the steering wheel and the angle of the wheels; category is Major; inspection item number is 2.6; defect reference is (b); inspection item is Electronic Power Steering (EPS), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Inconsistency between the angle of the steering wheel and the angle of the wheels. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Major
- **Inspection item number:** 2.6
- **Defect reference:** (b) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Electronic Power Steering (EPS)
- **Authority:** EU Directive 2014/45/EU Annex I _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (b) | Inconsistency between the angle of the steering wheel and the angle of the wheels. Steering 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/).