Roadside Inspection 83933731

Roadside inspection on Feb 21, 2025 in California • Carrier: WEST COAST TANK LINES INC (USDOT 2183402) • Vehicle: PETERBILT STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
83933731
Date:
Feb 21, 2025
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
LOS BANOS AREA
Vehicle:
PETERBILT 579 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
09422V2` (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 8.

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 0.55 violations per inspection across 132 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 LOS BANOS AREA
2
On par with station median (2)
Median of 116 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)
60%
62 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
2
0 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
21
12 violations · 2 OOS · 0.57 per inspection
Prior 365 days
62
39 violations · 9 OOS · 0.63 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 393.45B2-B-VAC (Brake - Vacuum hose(s) or line(s) restricted/abraded/chafed through outer cover-to-cord ply crimped/cracked/broken., severity weight 4). (393.45B2-B-VAC)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 1NPBL49X9LD662690 CA 09422V2` PETERBILT 579 2020
2 FULL TRAILER 1W9T232626L010288 CA 4WL7462 WELD-IT COMPANY Weld-It Company 2006

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.45B2-B-VAC Brake - Vacuum hose(s) or line(s) restricted/abraded/chafed through outer cover-to-cord ply crimped/cracked/broken. 4 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
396.3A1-BALAC Brake - Audible air leak from a brake chamber 4 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
84469817 Apr 21, 2025 CA L1 CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF 0
84459607 Apr 18, 2025 CA L1 CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF 2
84460016 Apr 17, 2025 CA L1 NIMITZ IF 3 OOS
84397664 Apr 13, 2025 CA L1 NIMITZ IF 0
84397310 Apr 10, 2025 CA L1 NIMITZ IF 0
84308656 Mar 30, 2025 CA L2 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
84459607 Apr 18, 2025 CA L1 1NPBL49X9LD662690
84459607 Apr 18, 2025 CA L1 1W9T232626L010288
83949663 Feb 21, 2025 CA L1 1NPBL49X9LD662690
83949663 Feb 21, 2025 CA L1 1W9T232626L010288
83371455 Dec 11, 2024 CA L2 1NPBL49X9LD662690
83371455 Dec 11, 2024 CA L2 1W9T232626L010288

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