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Roadside Inspection 85286823

Roadside inspection on Jul 21, 2025 in Michigan • Carrier: S A EXPRESS INC (USDOT 2285847) • Vehicle: KENWORTH TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
3
OOS Violations
1
33% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
85286823
Date:
Jul 21, 2025
State:
Michigan
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
3
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
GRASS LAKE SCALES E/B
Carrier (USDOT):
S A EXPRESS INC (2285847)
Operating authority:
MC780737
Vehicle:
KENWORTH T680 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
PWR2961 (OH)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Hours of Service, with a combined severity weight of 15.

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
3
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 1.11 violations per inspection across 177 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Michigan
3
On par with median (3)
Median of 7,447 Level 1 inspections in Michigan during 2025

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 1 median
3
2 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)
35%
55 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
8
10 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
17
21 violations · 1 OOS · 1.24 per inspection
Prior 365 days
55
63 violations · 7 OOS · 1.15 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 1XKYD49X2NJ107507 OH PWR2961 KENWORTH T680 2022 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1DW1A5328JS771320 MI D636352 STOUGHTON TRAILERS Stoughton Trailers 2018 —

Violations Cited

3 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
393.55E-B Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1, 1998. 4 Vehicle Maintenance —
395.24D-ELDPT HOS (ELD) - On request by an authorized safety official, a driver must produce and transfer from an ELD the driver''s hours-of-service records in accordance with the instruction sheet provided by the motor carrier. 3 Hours of Service —

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
85802764 Sep 17, 2025 MI L2 NEW BUFFALO TWP 1 —
85796031 Sep 15, 2025 TN L3 LIVINGSTON TN 1 —
85748973 Sep 10, 2025 MI L3 — 1 —
85593617 Aug 25, 2025 IN L1 TERRE HAUTE IN 2 —
85435357 Aug 6, 2025 IN L2 TERRE HAUTE IN 3 OOS
85389228 Jul 30, 2025 IN L3 TERRE HAUTE IN 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87268958 Mar 10, 2026 OH L3 1XKYD49X2NJ107507 —
86777018 Jan 12, 2026 MI L1 1XKYD49X2NJ107507 OOS

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