Roadside Inspection 85602324

Roadside inspection on Aug 25, 2025 in Colorado • Carrier: MENDOZA BROTHERS TRANSPORTATION CORP (USDOT 3083988) • Vehicle: KENWORTH TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
8
OOS Violations
2
25% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
85602324
Date:
Aug 25, 2025
State:
Colorado
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
8
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
BENNETT CO
Vehicle:
KENWORTH T800 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
BZJ515 (CO)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Unsafe Driving, with a combined severity weight of 35.

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 Level 1 median in Colorado
8
Heavier than median (2)
Median of 8,669 Level 1 inspections in Colorado during 2025
vs typical at BENNETT CO
8
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 103 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
8
7 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
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 393.45A-BLHF (Hydraulic Any Observed Leaking Hydraulic Fluid, severity weight 4). (393.45A-BLHF)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1XKDD69X52J885063 CO BZJ515 KENWORTH T800 2002
2 SEMI-TRAILER 5JNSS4122MH000355 OK AK7630 JET COMPANY INC.
Ticket: Jet Stream
Jet Company Inc. 2021

Violations Cited

8 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
392.2-SLLS4 State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit. 10 Unsafe Driving
392.2-INAT Driver- Inattentive or Distracted Driving. 5 Unsafe Driving
393.45A-BLHF Hydraulic Any Observed Leaking Hydraulic Fluid 4 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.55D1-B Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck/bus manufactured on or after March 1, 1997 and each single unit CMV on or after March 1, 1998. 4 Vehicle Maintenance
396.17C-PI Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection. 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.70B1I-CDFAM Coupling - Sliding fifth wheel fore/aft stop is missing/not secured. 3 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.82-SM Speedometer - Inoperative or defective. 3 Vehicle Maintenance
393.95A1 Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - no fire extinguisher present or not properly rated. 2 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
86113926 Oct 20, 2025 CO L2 BENNETT CO 8 OOS

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
86113926 Oct 20, 2025 CO L2 1XKDD69X52J885063 OOS
86113926 Oct 20, 2025 CO L2 5JNSS4122MH000355 OOS
83935520 Feb 20, 2025 CO L2 5JNSS4122MH000355

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