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Roadside Inspection 84171478

Roadside inspection on Mar 17, 2025 in California • Carrier: RIO EXPRESS LOGISTIC INC (USDOT 2982798) • 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 #:
84171478
Date:
Mar 17, 2025
State:
California
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
RAINBOW IF
Operating authority:
MC1440230
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
9H04197 (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 10.

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 0.46 violations per inspection across 13 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 RAINBOW IF
2
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 11,030 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)
40%
5 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
1
1 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
2
1 violations · 0 OOS · 0.50 per inspection
Prior 365 days
5
4 violations · 0 OOS · 0.80 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 3AKJGEDV0JSJL9383 CA 9H04197 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2018 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1DW1A53227B009125 CA 4WH7368 STOUGHTON TRAILERS Stoughton Trailers 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
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

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
84500156 Apr 24, 2025 CA L3 SAN ONOFRE IF 0 —
83987448 Feb 25, 2025 CA L3 RAINBOW IF 1 —
83666224 Jan 17, 2025 CA L2 SAN ONOFRE IF 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
89046482 Sep 19, 2026 CA L2 1DW1A53227B009125 —
89046482 Sep 19, 2026 CA L2 3AKJGEDV0JSJL9383 —
88875742 Sep 1, 2026 CA L3 3AKJGEDV0JSJL9383 —
88875742 Sep 1, 2026 CA L3 1DW1A53227B009125 —
83987448 Feb 25, 2025 CA L3 3AKJGEDV0JSJL9383 —
83987448 Feb 25, 2025 CA L3 1DW1A53227B009125 —
83279677 Nov 28, 2024 CA L3 3AKJGEDV0JSJL9383 —
83279677 Nov 28, 2024 CA L3 1DW1A53227B009125 —

Related records

Recent activity at RAINBOW IF

Other carriers inspected here recently.

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89061428 Sep 20, 2026 GARCIA ONTIVEROS DELIVERIES INC 4 —
89061427 Sep 20, 2026 ONOFRES TRANSPORT SERVICE LLC 2 OOS