Roadside Inspection 85547071

Roadside inspection on Aug 12, 2025 in California • Carrier: MLT TRANS INC (USDOT 1061977) • Vehicle: VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
2
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
85547071
Date:
Aug 12, 2025
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
GRAPEVINE IF
Carrier (USDOT):
MLT TRANS INC (1061977)
Operating authority:
MC443048
Vehicle:
VOLVO TRUCK VNL TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
YP83351 (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 14.

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 1.22 violations per inspection across 716 prior records
vs Level 2 median in California
2
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 129,168 Level 2 inspections in California during 2025
vs typical at GRAPEVINE IF
2
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 13,263 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

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)
43%
382 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
24
22 violations · 7 OOS
Prior 90 days
91
84 violations · 15 OOS · 0.92 per inspection
Prior 365 days
382
484 violations · 78 OOS · 1.27 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-TAOL (Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure., severity weight 8). (393.75A3-TAOL)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 4V4NC9EH4PN626524 CA YP83351 VOLVO TRUCK VNL 2023
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1JJV532D5EL790336 ME 5421917 WABASH VANS Dry Van Duraplate 2014

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.75A3-TAOL Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure. 8 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.9A-LSLIWR Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on. 6 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
86021627 Oct 7, 2025 WA L2 RIDGEFIELD WA 0
86007785 Oct 2, 2025 CA L1 DUNSMUIR GRADE IF 0
85954896 Oct 2, 2025 CA L1 GRAPEVINE IF 1
86007420 Oct 1, 2025 CA L2 DUNSMUIR GRADE IF 1 OOS
85963702 Oct 1, 2025 WA L3 DU PONT WA 0
85962677 Oct 1, 2025 WA L2 DU PONT WA 4 OOS

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88014359 Jun 1, 2026 CA L3 1JJV532D5EL790336
87583420 Apr 15, 2026 OR L3 4V4NC9EH4PN626524
86670929 Dec 23, 2025 CA L2 1JJV532D5EL790336
86670458 Dec 21, 2025 CA L1 1JJV532D5EL790336 OOS
86473138 Nov 26, 2025 CA L2 1JJV532D5EL790336
86160345 Oct 22, 2025 TX L2 1JJV532D5EL790336
85727322 Sep 4, 2025 CA L1 4V4NC9EH4PN626524
84630262 May 6, 2025 AZ L2 1JJV532D5EL790336

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