Know Your Vehicle
Vehicle knowledge ensures you can spot faults and keep your vehicle roadworthy. Topics include basic mechanics, lighting and mandatory equipment.
Licences that include this topic
About this topic
The 'know your vehicle' topic in the theory test is about the machine in your hands: the braking system, the tyres and their air pressure, the steering, the lights and indicators, the fluids (engine oil, coolant, brake fluid and washer fluid) and the warning lamps on the dashboard. It also expects you to know the pre-drive checks and basic maintenance — what to check, when, and what each warning actually means. It is technical but very practical.
This material matters because a roadworthy car is the foundation of safe driving: worn brakes lengthen your stopping distance, a tyre with the wrong pressure or a bald tread loses grip — especially on a wet road — and a burnt-out bulb makes you invisible. A red warning lamp means stop now; an amber one means check soon. A driver who spots a fault early, by sound, smell, vibration or a lamp, prevents both a breakdown and a crash.
In Move you learn this topic through focused practice: pick 'know your vehicle' and drill exactly the kind of questions the test asks — identifying lamps, the job of each system, and what to do when something is wrong. Every question comes with a clear explanation that teaches the logic, not just the answer, and the spaced-review queue brings back the lamps and terms you got wrong until they stick. The readiness meter shows when the topic is solid.
Frequently asked questions
What does the 'know your vehicle' topic include?
It covers the car's main systems and their safety meaning: brakes (including the handbrake and ABS), tyres and air pressure, steering, the electrical and lighting system, the various fluids and their roles, and the indicator lamps on the dashboard. You're also asked about routine pre-drive checks and the signs of a fault. You don't need to be a mechanic — what's required is understanding what each system does and what to do when it fails.
What are the common mistakes on this topic?
The most frequent mix-up is between warning-lamp colours — red meaning 'stop now' versus amber/yellow meaning 'check soon'. The second is confusing the fluids and their jobs (engine oil vs coolant vs brake fluid). Many also underrate the tyres, forgetting that low pressure and worn tread hurt braking and grip. Move's explanations target exactly these mix-ups so you keep them clearly apart.
What's the easiest way to remember the warning lamps?
Instead of memorising shapes, tie each lamp to a system and an action: red = danger, stop; amber = warning, check; green/blue = a feature that is simply on and working. That way you remember the logic, not just the symbol. Repeated practice with Move's spaced-review queue keeps showing you the lamps you confuse, and once you meet the same lamp across several questions, recognition becomes automatic.
How is the topic tested, and can I study in my language?
On the test the topic appears as multiple-choice questions: you're usually shown a situation or a lamp and asked for its meaning or the correct action. In Move you can practise it in Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, English, French or Spanish — the same content, explained in the language you think in. That keeps technical terms like 'coolant' or 'tyre pressure' clear, so you sit the exam without translating in your head.