# Stability of component affected or component fractured. — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Stability of component affected or component fractured., defect is Stability of component affected or component fractured; category is Dangerous; inspection item number is 5.3.3; defect reference is (b); inspection item is Torque tubes, radius arms, wishbones and suspension arms, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Stability of component affected or component fractured. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Dangerous
- **Inspection item number:** 5.3.3
- **Defect reference:** (b) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Torque tubes, radius arms, wishbones and suspension arms
- **Authority:** EU Directive 2014/45/EU Annex I _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (b) | A damaged or excessively corroded component. Stability of component affected or component fractured. | | | 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/).