Roadside Inspection 83693513

Roadside inspection on Jan 22, 2025 in California • Carrier: CAPITAL EXPRESS LINES INC (USDOT 941034) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
2
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
83693513
Date:
Jan 22, 2025
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
COTTONWOOD IF
Operating authority:
MC404574
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
YP61496 (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 16.

Compared to the median Level 1 inspection nationwide in 2025, 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
2
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.78 violations per inspection across 371 prior records
vs Level 1 median in California
2
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 175,608 Level 1 inspections in California during 2025
vs typical at COTTONWOOD IF
2
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 12,507 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
2
1 more than the median (1)
Compared to 760,406 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2025
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 27.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2025
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
56%
273 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
26
15 violations · 3 OOS
Prior 90 days
82
61 violations · 6 OOS · 0.74 per inspection
Prior 365 days
273
214 violations · 42 OOS · 0.78 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 393.75A3-TAOL (Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure., severity weight 8). (393.75A3-TAOL)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJHHDR5RSVF4126 CA YP61496 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2024
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1JJV532W48L239790 CA 4LY7643 WABASH Wabash National Corporation 2008

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.75A3-TAOL Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure. 8 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.75A3-TAOL Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure. 8 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
84210900 Mar 21, 2025 CA L3 COTTONWOOD IF 1
84231896 Mar 20, 2025 CA L1 GRAPEVINE IF 2
84195993 Mar 20, 2025 CA L1 COTTONWOOD IF 0
84188091 Mar 19, 2025 CO L3 FORT MORGAN CO 2
84185516 Mar 19, 2025 CA L3 CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF 1
84158639 Mar 17, 2025 CA L2 CASTAIC IF 2 OOS

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88823323 Aug 27, 2026 CA L2 3AKJHHDR5RSVF4126
88479870 Jul 21, 2026 CA L3 3AKJHHDR5RSVF4126
87488611 Apr 2, 2026 CA L2 3AKJHHDR5RSVF4126
86777325 Jan 13, 2026 NV L2 3AKJHHDR5RSVF4126
86771538 Jan 9, 2026 CA L2 3AKJHHDR5RSVF4126
86697165 Jan 2, 2026 CA L2 3AKJHHDR5RSVF4126
86510654 Dec 5, 2025 CA L2 3AKJHHDR5RSVF4126
86454512 Nov 29, 2025 CA L3 3AKJHHDR5RSVF4126

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