# Emergency brake light functions fail to operate, or do not operate correctly. — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Emergency brake light functions fail to operate, or do not operate correctly., defect is Emergency brake light functions fail to operate, or do not operate correctly; category is Major; inspection item number is 4.3.2; defect reference is (d); inspection item is Switching, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Emergency brake light functions fail to operate, or do not operate correctly. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Major
- **Inspection item number:** 4.3.2
- **Defect reference:** (d) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Switching
- **Authority:** EU Directive 2014/45/EU Annex I _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (d) | Emergency brake light functions fail to operate, or do not operate correctly. | | | 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/).