# Stability impaired, functionality affected, insufficient clearance to other vehicle parts or to the ground. — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Stability impaired, functionality affected, insufficient clearance to other vehicle parts or to the ground., defect is Stability impaired, functionality affected, insufficient clearance to other vehicle parts or to the ground; category is Dangerous; inspection item number is 5.1.1; defect reference is (c); inspection item is Axles, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Stability impaired, functionality affected, insufficient clearance to other vehicle parts or to the ground. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Dangerous
- **Inspection item number:** 5.1.1
- **Defect reference:** (c) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Axles
- **Authority:** EU Directive 2014/45/EU Annex I _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (c) | Unsafe modification 3 . Stability impaired, functionality affected, insufficient clearance to other vehicle parts or to the ground. | | | 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/).