Roadside Inspection 82959504

Roadside inspection on Oct 21, 2024 in California • Carrier: CASTRO TOWING LLC (USDOT 3868431) • Vehicle: INTERNATIONAL STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
82959504
Date:
Oct 21, 2024
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
BAKERSFIELD AREA
Carrier (USDOT):
CASTRO TOWING LLC (3868431)
Vehicle:
INTERNATIONAL MV607 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
43423C3 (CA)

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 6.

Compared to the median Level 1 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
1
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.09 violations per inspection across 35 prior records
vs Level 1 median in California
1
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 198,681 Level 1 inspections in California during 2024
vs typical at BAKERSFIELD AREA
1
Cleaner than station median (2)
Median of 1,835 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 1 median
1
Same as the median (1)
Compared to 713,681 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2024
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 25.7%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2024
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
88%
16 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
0
No inspections in this window
Prior 90 days
0
No inspections in this window
Prior 365 days
16
3 violations · 1 OOS · 0.19 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 393.209D-STPAL (Steering - Pitman arm loose on the output shaft., severity weight 6). (393.209D-STPAL)

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 1HTEUMML0MH877457 CA 43423C3 INTERNATIONAL MV607 2021

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.209D-STPAL Steering - Pitman arm loose on the output shaft. 6 Vehicle Maintenance OOS

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
82970593 Oct 22, 2024 CA L1 BAKERSFIELD AREA 0
82983360 Oct 21, 2024 CA L1 1
82983304 Oct 21, 2024 CA L1 0
82970413 Oct 21, 2024 CA L1 BAKERSFIELD AREA 0
82970412 Oct 21, 2024 CA L1 BAKERSFIELD AREA 0
82970411 Oct 21, 2024 CA L1 BAKERSFIELD AREA 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
86172585 Oct 28, 2025 CA L1 1HTEUMML0MH877457
85548412 Aug 20, 2025 CA L3 1HTEUMML0MH877457
83541413 Jan 2, 2025 CA L3 1HTEUMML0MH877457
79678685 Sep 15, 2023 CA L1 1HTEUMML0MH877457

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