# Emission of toxic or exhaust gases into driver’s or passenger compartment. — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Emission of toxic or exhaust gases into driver’s or passenger compartment., defect is Emission of toxic or exhaust gases into driver’s or passenger compartment; category is Major; inspection item number is 9.2; defect reference is (b); inspection item is Demisting and defrosting system (X) 2, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Emission of toxic or exhaust gases into driver’s or passenger compartment. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Major
- **Inspection item number:** 9.2
- **Defect reference:** (b) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Demisting and defrosting system (X) 2
- **Authority:** EU Directive 2014/45/EU Annex I _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (b) | Emission of toxic or exhaust gases into driver’s or passenger compartment. Danger to health of persons on board. | | | 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/).