Roadside Inspection 85633372

Roadside inspection on Aug 27, 2025 in Iowa • Carrier: MGA CARGO EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 4352413) • Vehicle: KENWORTH STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle OOS Driver OOS CVSA L1
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
5
OOS Violations
3
60% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
85633372
Date:
Aug 27, 2025
State:
Iowa
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
5
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
I-35 NB
Vehicle:
KENWORTH T300 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
FCMY51 (FL)

What this inspection means

Both the vehicle and the driver were placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Driver Fitness, with a combined severity weight of 18.

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 Iowa
5
Heavier than median (2)
Median of 5,188 Level 1 inspections in Iowa during 2025
vs typical at I-35 NB
5
Heavier than station median (2)
Median of 101 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
5
4 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 393.9TS (Inoperative turn signal, severity weight 6). (393.9TS)

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 2NKMHM6X58M232628 FL FCMY51 KENWORTH T300 2008

Violations Cited

5 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.9TS Inoperative turn signal 6 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
391.11B2-Q Driver cannot read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and record. 4 Driver Fitness OOS
393.47E Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto, Clamp (Short & Long), DD-3, or Bolt 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.53B CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear 4 Vehicle Maintenance
396.3A1BOS Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination. 0 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
86094532 Oct 16, 2025 NM L2 I-10 EB 4 OOS
85823989 Sep 19, 2025 LA L3 BOSSIER CITY LA 1
85808958 Sep 16, 2025 AZ L1 GILA BEND AZ 2 OOS
85768838 Sep 11, 2025 NM L2 1 OOS
85630986 Aug 28, 2025 ID L3 POCATELLO ID 2
85601262 Aug 21, 2025 MO L2 NEW FLORENCE MO 4 OOS

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88109930 Jun 9, 2026 LA L1 2NKMHM6X58M232628 OOS
86695284 Dec 30, 2025 TX L3 2NKMHM6X58M232628

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