Roadside Inspection 85540135

Roadside inspection on Aug 20, 2025 in US • Carrier: TRANSPORTES DE CARGA FEMA SA DE CV (USDOT 1175018) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
9
OOS Violations
2
22% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
85540135
Date:
Aug 20, 2025
State:
US
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
9
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
LAREDO TX
Operating authority:
MX471208
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
13EM2V (MX)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Driver Fitness, with a combined severity weight of 30.

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
9
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 2.19 violations per inspection across 1,620 prior records
vs Level 1 median in US
9
Heavier than median (3)
Median of 82,802 Level 1 inspections in US during 2025
vs typical at LAREDO TX
9
Heavier than station median (3)
Median of 20,927 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
9
8 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)
17%
692 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
64
244 violations · 10 OOS
Prior 90 days
176
610 violations · 28 OOS · 3.47 per inspection
Prior 365 days
692
1951 violations · 113 OOS · 2.82 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-LSLIWR (Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on., severity weight 6). (393.9A-LSLIWR)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1FUJGEDVXBSAZ1946 MX 13EM2V FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2011
2 SEMI-TRAILER 3AWP15329PX432034 MX 37UM6R Fruehauf C

Violations Cited

9 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.9A-LSLIWR Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on. 6 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.9A-LTSI Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. 6 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
391.11B2-Z Border Zone - Driver cannot satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of 391.11(b)(2) as per FMCSA Enforcement Guidance Memo MC-SEE-2025-0001. 4 Driver Fitness
393.55D2-B Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1, 2001 for towed vehicle. 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.55E-B Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1, 1998. 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.28-WS-6 Wiring Systems - Bare, loose, dangling, chafing or poorly connected wires. 3 Vehicle Maintenance
393.104B-C Cargo - Damaged securement devices/tiedowns 1 Vehicle Maintenance
393.78A-WS Washers - Inoperative washing system. 1 Vehicle Maintenance
393.83G Exhaust - Discharging at a point forward or directly below the driver or sleeper compartment. 1 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
86121043 Oct 16, 2025 TX L1 COLUMBIA POE 2
86074410 Oct 16, 2025 US L2 LAREDO TX 1
86066357 Oct 16, 2025 US L1 LAREDO TX 2
86065405 Oct 16, 2025 US L1 LAREDO TX 5
86110247 Oct 15, 2025 TX L2 5
86074563 Oct 15, 2025 US L1 LAREDO TX 1

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
89032099 Sep 17, 2026 US L1 1FUJGEDVXBSAZ1946
89031553 Sep 17, 2026 US L1 1FUJGEDVXBSAZ1946 OOS
88891306 Sep 2, 2026 US L3 1FUJGEDVXBSAZ1946
88756844 Aug 20, 2026 US L1 1FUJGEDVXBSAZ1946
84651094 May 13, 2025 US L1 1FUJGEDVXBSAZ1946
84589144 May 6, 2025 US L1 1FUJGEDVXBSAZ1946
83622185 Jan 15, 2025 US L2 1FUJGEDVXBSAZ1946
82742240 Sep 23, 2024 US L2 1FUJGEDVXBSAZ1946

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