# Red light to the front or white light to the rear; heavily reduced light brightness. — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Red light to the front or white light to the rear; heavily reduced light brightness., defect is Red light to the front or white light to the rear; heavily reduced light brightness; category is Major; inspection item number is 4.2.3; defect reference is (b); inspection item is Compliance with requirements 1, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Red light to the front or white light to the rear; heavily reduced light brightness. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Major
- **Inspection item number:** 4.2.3
- **Defect reference:** (b) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Compliance with requirements 1
- **Authority:** EU Directive 2014/45/EU Annex I _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (b) | Products on lens or light source which reduce light, brightness or change emitted colour. Red light to the front or white light to the rear; heavily reduced light brightness. | | 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/).