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Roadside Inspection 82940809

Roadside inspection on Oct 16, 2024 in Texas • Carrier: COWAN SYSTEMS LLC (USDOT 548880) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
3
OOS Violations
1
33% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
82940809
Date:
Oct 16, 2024
State:
Texas
Type:
—
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
3
HazMat:
No
Carrier (USDOT):
COWAN SYSTEMS LLC (548880)
Operating authority:
MC271882
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER USF-1E TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
2407983 (IN)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance, with a combined severity weight of 9.

Compared to the median Level 2 inspection nationwide in 2024, this is a more severe than typical result.

Severity context

How mild, normal, or severe was this inspection compared to its carrier, state, and station?

vs this carrier's typical
3
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.80 violations per inspection across 1,540 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Texas
3
Heavier than median (2)
Median of 176,960 Level 2 inspections in Texas during 2024

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 2 median
3
2 more than the median (1)
Compared to 941,515 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2024
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 26.0%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2024
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
55%
987 inspections in the trailing 12 months
Computed from this carrier's inspection history

Carrier trend at this moment

How active was this carrier's inspection record around this date?

Prior 30 days
85
82 violations · 11 OOS
Prior 90 days
263
225 violations · 32 OOS · 0.86 per inspection
Prior 365 days
987
794 violations · 118 OOS · 0.80 per inspection
Honest opinion

An out-of-service order is one of the most consequential outcomes a roadside inspection can produce — the most heavily-weighted OOS citation here was 393.9TS (Inoperative turn signal, severity weight 6). (393.9TS)

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1FUYDZYB7VP876458 IN 2407983 FREIGHTLINER USF-1E 1997 —

Violations Cited

3 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.9TS Inoperative turn signal 6 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.9 Inoperable Required Lamp 2 Vehicle Maintenance —
393.78 Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers. 1 Vehicle Maintenance —

Violation categories (BASICs)

Federal behavior-analysis-and-safety-improvement buckets for the cited violations.

Nearby inspections (same carrier, ±60 days)

Other times this carrier was inspected around the same date.

Inspection Date State Level Location Violations OOS
83401198 Dec 15, 2024 MD L3 KENT COUNTY 0 —
83401060 Dec 14, 2024 MD L2 — 0 —
83412310 Dec 13, 2024 NY L3 TULLY NY 1 —
83382491 Dec 13, 2024 CT L2 GREENWICH SCALE 1 OOS
83433254 Dec 12, 2024 GA L3 SYCAMORE GA 1 —
83411924 Dec 12, 2024 SC L3 HARDEEVILLE SC 1 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
86299771 Nov 5, 2025 TX L1 1FUYDZYB7VP876458 —
85421906 Jul 28, 2025 TX L2 1FUYDZYB7VP876458 OOS
85421906 Jul 28, 2025 TX L2 1FUYDZYB7VP876458 OOS
84341508 Apr 3, 2025 TX L1 1FUYDZYB7VP876458 —
83499948 Dec 20, 2024 TX L1 1FUYDZYB7VP876458 —
83137511 Nov 6, 2024 TX L1 1FUYDZYB7VP876458 OOS
82941634 Oct 15, 2024 TX L3 1FUYDZYB7VP876458 —

Carrier booking & risk tools

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