# Affecting the functioning of the brakes on account of blocking or imminent risk of leaking. — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Affecting the functioning of the brakes on account of blocking or imminent risk of leaking., defect is Affecting the functioning of the brakes on account of blocking or imminent risk of leaking; category is Dangerous; inspection item number is 1.1.11; defect reference is (c); inspection item is Rigid brake pipes, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Affecting the functioning of the brakes on account of blocking or imminent risk of leaking. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Dangerous
- **Inspection item number:** 1.1.11
- **Defect reference:** (c) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Rigid brake pipes
- **Authority:** EU Directive 2014/45/EU Annex I _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (c) | Pipes damaged or excessively corroded. Affecting the functioning of the brakes on account of blocking or imminent risk of leaking. | | | 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/).