Rear lamps: pre-2018 MOT
This is pre-2018 MOT wording. The defect categories changed on 20 May 2018.
Split across: Position lamp, Rear fog lamp.
16 pre-2018 fail items.
| Old wording | Inspection manual | Now |
|---|---|---|
| Rear lamps not working | an obligatory lamp inoperative or less than 50% of the light sources illuminating | Rear fog lamp not working (major) |
| Rear lamps has less than 50% of the light sources illuminating | an obligatory lamp inoperative or less than 50% of the light sources illuminating | Rear fog lamp with a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning (major) |
| Rear lamps has a product on the lens so it is not visible from a reasonable distance | an obligatory lamp not visible from a reasonable distance due to excessive damage, deterioration, or having products on the lens or light source | Position lamp has a product on the lens or light source which significantly reduces light intensity (major) |
| Rear lamps has a product on the light source so it is not visible from a reasonable distance | an obligatory lamp not visible from a reasonable distance due to excessive damage, deterioration, or having products on the lens or light source | Position lamp has a product on the lens or light source which significantly reduces light intensity (major) |
| Rear lamps excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance | an obligatory lamp not visible from a reasonable distance due to excessive damage, deterioration, or having products on the lens or light source | Position lamp has a product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity (minor) |
| Rear lamps excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance | an obligatory lamp not visible from a reasonable distance due to excessive damage, deterioration, or having products on the lens or light source | Position lamp has a product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity (minor) |
| Rear lamps insecure | an obligatory lamp missing, insecure, obviously incorrectly positioned or does not face to the front or rear as appropriate | Rear fog lamp missing (major) |
| Rear lamps incomplete | a front or rear position lamp incomplete, not in good working order or not clean, i.e. damaged or deteriorated, or not visible from a reasonable distance. | Rear fog lamp does not face the rear (major) |
| Rear lamps flickers when tapped lightly by hand | flickers when tapped lightly by hand | Position lamp showing white light to the rear (major) |
| Rear lamps adversely affected by the operation of another lamp | an obligatory lamp adversely affected by the operation of any other lamp, e.g. dual-function lamps on foreign vehicles. | Rear fog lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (major) |
| Rear lamps missing | an obligatory lamp missing, insecure, obviously incorrectly positioned or does not face to the front or rear as appropriate | Rear fog lamp missing (major) |
| Rear lamps incorrect colour | an obligatory lamp shows a light other than red to the rear and white to the front (or yellow if a front position lamp is incorporated in a yellow headlamp) | Position lamp showing red light to the front (major) |
| Rear lamps not in a clean condition and function impaired | a front or rear position lamp incomplete, not in good working order or not clean, i.e. damaged or deteriorated, or not visible from a reasonable distance. | Rear fog lamp does not face the rear (major) |
| Rear lamps obscured more than 50% | an obligatory lamp obscured so that less than 50% of the lamp illuminating surface is visible from the front or rear as appropriate | Rear fog lamp missing (major) |
| Rear lamps does not face the rear | an obligatory lamp missing, insecure, obviously incorrectly positioned or does not face to the front or rear as appropriate | Rear fog lamp does not face the rear (major) |
| Rear lamps obviously incorrectly positioned | an obligatory lamp missing, insecure, obviously incorrectly positioned or does not face to the front or rear as appropriate | Rear fog lamp obviously incorrectly positioned (major) |
Current names are the closest match by wording and part. The DVSA publishes no official old-to-new table.
Other pre-2018 parts in Lamps, Reflectors and Electrical Equipment
- Battery (2)
- All direction indicators (13)
- Individual lamps (17)
- Side repeaters (16)
- Switch (Flashing type) (4)
- Tell tales (Flashing type) (2)
- Arm (4)
- Switch (Semaphore) (3)
- Tell tales (Semaphore) (2)
- Electrical wiring (10)
- Lamp (5)
- Switch (Hazard warning) (3)
- Tell tale (Hazard warning) (1)
- Headlamp aim (Lamps, Reflectors and Electrical Equipment) (16)
- British american (dip) (4)
- British american (main) (6)
- European (7)
- Pre 1950 (1)
- Headlamp aim not tested (1)
- Dipswitch (Headlamp defects which do require an aim check on retest) (2)
- Headlamp (Headlamp defects which do require an aim check on retest) (17)
- Headlamp cleaning device (Headlamp defects which do require an aim check on retest) (2)
- Headlamp levelling device (Headlamp defects which do require an aim check on retest) (2)
- Main beam 'tell-tale' (Headlamp defects which do require an aim check on retest) (1)
- Matched pair (Headlamp defects which do require an aim check on retest) (4)
- Switch (Headlamp defects which do require an aim check on retest) (3)
- Dipswitch (Headlamp defects which don't require an aim check on retest) (2)
- Headlamp (Headlamp defects which don't require an aim check on retest) (17)
- Headlamp cleaning device (Headlamp defects which don't require an aim check on retest) (2)
- Headlamp levelling device (Headlamp defects which don't require an aim check on retest) (2)
- Main beam 'tell-tale' (Headlamp defects which don't require an aim check on retest) (1)
- Matched pair (Headlamp defects which don't require an aim check on retest) (4)
- Switch (Headlamp defects which don't require an aim check on retest) (3)
- Horn (12)
- All position lamps (8)
- Front lamps (15)
- Switch (Position lamps) (5)
- Fog lamp (16)
- Switch (Rear fog lamp) (4)
- Tell tale (Rear fog lamp) (2)
- Rear reflectors (9)
- Registration plate lamp (8)
- Stop lamp (14)
- Trailer electrical socket (4)
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