# No brakes on the vehicle or combination are applied upon actuation of the parking brake control, including driveline hand controlled parking brakes — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For No brakes on the vehicle or combination are applied upon actuation of the parking brake control, including driveline hand controlled parking brakes, category is Reject; inspection item number is 1; defect reference is b; inspection item is Brake System; authority is US 49 CFR Appendix A to Part 396, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** No brakes on the vehicle or combination are applied upon actuation of the parking brake control, including driveline hand controlled parking brakes _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Reject
- **Inspection item number:** 1
- **Defect reference:** b. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Brake System _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Authority:** US 49 CFR Appendix A to Part 396 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> b. Parking Brake System. No brakes on the vehicle or combination are applied upon actuation of the parking brake control, including driveline hand controlled parking brakes.

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/appendix-A_to_part_396

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/).