Roadside Inspection 83871753

Roadside inspection on Feb 13, 2025 in Michigan • Carrier: MOON STAR EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 646835) • Vehicle: VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
83871753
Date:
Feb 13, 2025
State:
Michigan
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
MONROE SCALE N/B
Vehicle:
VOLVO TRUCK VNL TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
RC30359 (MI)

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 8.

Compared to the median Level 2 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
1
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 1.13 violations per inspection across 145 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Michigan
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 15,971 Level 2 inspections in Michigan during 2025

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 2 median
1
Same as the median (1)
Compared to 1,039,543 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2025
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 26.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2025
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
22%
79 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
6
9 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
21
19 violations · 1 OOS · 0.90 per inspection
Prior 365 days
79
85 violations · 10 OOS · 1.08 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-TAOLTIS (Tires - All others, leaking and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped with ATIS, severity weight 8). (393.75A3-TAOLTIS)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 4V4NC9EG8HN973217 MI RC30359 VOLVO TRUCK VNL 2017
2 SEMI-TRAILER 3H3V532C2LR425050 MI E126941 HYUNDAI TRANSLEAD TRAILERS Hyundai Translead Trailers 2020

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires - All others, leaking and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped with ATIS 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
84406568 Apr 14, 2025 MI L2 1
84393640 Apr 11, 2025 IL L3 I-70 0
84365885 Apr 8, 2025 MI L3 1
84341095 Apr 7, 2025 MI L3 1
84341086 Apr 7, 2025 MI L3 0
84306107 Apr 2, 2025 MI L2 2

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87043479 Feb 13, 2026 MI L3 3H3V532C2LR425050
80000696 Oct 24, 2023 MO L3 3H3V532C2LR425050

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