# Other than gasoline powered—in excess of 15 inches forward of the rearmost part of the bus — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For Other than gasoline powered, defect is Other than gasoline powered—in excess of 15 inches forward of the rearmost part of the bus; category is Reject; inspection item number is 3; defect reference is b.(2); inspection item is Exhaust System, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** Other than gasoline powered—in excess of 15 inches forward of the rearmost part of the bus _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Reject
- **Inspection item number:** 3
- **Defect reference:** b.(2)
- **Inspection item:** Exhaust System
- **Authority:** US 49 CFR Appendix A to Part 396 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (2) Other than gasoline powered—in excess of 15 inches forward of the rearmost part of the bus .

## 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/).