Roadside Inspection 84097693

Roadside inspection on Mar 6, 2025 in California • Carrier: VALLEY IRON INC (USDOT 2671583) • Vehicle: KENWORTH TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
84097693
Date:
Mar 6, 2025
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Carrier (USDOT):
VALLEY IRON INC (2671583)
Vehicle:
KENWORTH T680 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
9F18297 (CA)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Unsafe Driving, with a combined severity weight of 11.

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
2
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.67 violations per inspection across 117 prior records
vs Level 2 median in California
2
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 129,168 Level 2 inspections in California during 2025

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 2 median
2
1 more than 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)
62%
60 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
9
18 violations · 5 OOS
Prior 90 days
14
20 violations · 6 OOS · 1.43 per inspection
Prior 365 days
60
51 violations · 9 OOS · 0.85 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a stretch where the carrier had 2.1× their typical violation rate (20 violations across 14 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.67 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 393.9A-LTSI (Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle., severity weight 6). (393.9A-LTSI)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1XKYDP9X8LJ404506 CA 9F18297 KENWORTH T680 2020
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1R1F245247K570621 CA 4JP4291 FONTAINE TRAILER Fontaine Trailer 2007

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.9A-LTSI Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. 6 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
392.2-SLLTCD State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g., safety offical, signal, sign, light, lane marking, other. 5 Unsafe Driving

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
84568748 Apr 30, 2025 CA L1 CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF 0
84547989 Apr 29, 2025 CA L3 CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF 2
84491981 Apr 18, 2025 CA L1 GILROY IF 1
84421693 Apr 16, 2025 CA L2 ASH ST 2
84310049 Apr 2, 2025 CA L3 CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF 0
84355391 Apr 1, 2025 CA L1 GILROY IF 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88662351 Aug 10, 2026 CA L1 1XKYDP9X8LJ404506 OOS
88662338 Aug 10, 2026 CA L1 1XKYDP9X8LJ404506
87218085 Mar 3, 2026 CA L1 1XKYDP9X8LJ404506
87218085 Mar 3, 2026 CA L1 1R1F245247K570621
86481429 Dec 4, 2025 CA L1 1XKYDP9X8LJ404506 OOS
86481429 Dec 4, 2025 CA L1 1R1F245247K570621 OOS
86481308 Dec 4, 2025 CA L1 1XKYDP9X8LJ404506
86481308 Dec 4, 2025 CA L1 1R1F245247K570621

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