Roadside Inspection 84607713

Roadside inspection on May 7, 2025 in California • Carrier: NORCAL TOWING AND TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 2904870) • Vehicle: RAM STRAIGHT TRUCK

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

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
84607713
Date:
May 7, 2025
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
CAL EXPO TOW INSPECTION
Vehicle:
RAM 5500 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
32874S1 (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 9.

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 0.86 violations per inspection across 28 prior records
vs Level 1 median in California
2
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 175,608 Level 1 inspections in California during 2025

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)
58%
12 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
3
0 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
3
0 violations · 0 OOS · 0.00 per inspection
Prior 365 days
12
12 violations · 1 OOS · 1.00 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 396.3A1-STLN (Steering - Loose nuts on tie rods/pitman arm/drag link/steering arm/tie rod., severity weight 6). (396.3A1-STLN)

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 3C7WRMAL3JG233922 CA 32874S1 RAM 5500 2018

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
396.3A1-STLN Steering - Loose nuts on tie rods/pitman arm/drag link/steering arm/tie rod. 6 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
396.5B-L Lubrication - Oil or grease leak. 3 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
84721561 May 13, 2025 CA L1 0
84659284 May 13, 2025 CA L1 0
84659282 May 13, 2025 CA L1 0
84607714 May 7, 2025 CA L1 CAL EXPO TOW INSPECTION 1
84607379 May 7, 2025 CA L1 CAL EXPO 1
84628894 May 6, 2025 CA L1 CAL EXPO 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87760480 May 4, 2026 CA L1 3C7WRMAL3JG233922
84607714 May 7, 2025 CA L1 3C7WRMAL3JG233922
81753063 May 30, 2024 CA L1 3C7WRMAL3JG233922
81608513 May 14, 2024 CA L1 3C7WRMAL3JG233922
78735583 May 25, 2023 CA L1 3C7WRMAL3JG233922
78566634 May 2, 2023 CA L1 3C7WRMAL3JG233922

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