Roadside Inspection 85559371

Roadside inspection on Aug 22, 2025 in Connecticut • Carrier: CAL-CLEVE LIMITED (USDOT 205915) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

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

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
85559371
Date:
Aug 22, 2025
State:
Connecticut
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
UNION SCALE
Carrier (USDOT):
CAL-CLEVE LIMITED (205915)
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
3KV523 (OK)

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 12.

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 0.89 violations per inspection across 330 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Connecticut
2
Cleaner than median (3)
Median of 4,665 Level 1 inspections in Connecticut during 2025
vs typical at UNION SCALE
2
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 2,846 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)
56%
164 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
17
7 violations · 2 OOS
Prior 90 days
44
33 violations · 5 OOS · 0.75 per inspection
Prior 365 days
164
150 violations · 30 OOS · 0.91 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 3AKJHHDR2SSVS2793 OK 3KV523 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2025
2 SEMI-TRAILER 3H3V532C1KR235058 OK AN8337 HYUNDAI TRANSLEAD TRAILERS Hyundai Translead Trailers 2019

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
396.3A1-ALBV Air Brake - Any leak from a brake valve. 4 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
87099476 Oct 12, 2025 NM L2 GALLUP PORT OF ENTRY 0
86014233 Oct 9, 2025 MO L3 CONWAY MO 0
85963804 Oct 2, 2025 LA L2 HAUGHTON LA 1
85951576 Oct 1, 2025 NM L1 SAN JON PORT OF ENTRY 0
85904375 Sep 26, 2025 AR L3 HOPE AR 0
85854986 Sep 19, 2025 NM L2 SAN JON PORT OF ENTRY 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87230514 Mar 1, 2026 CA L1 3AKJHHDR2SSVS2793
86575459 Dec 12, 2025 CA L2 3AKJHHDR2SSVS2793 OOS

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