Roadside Inspection 85698401

Roadside inspection on Sep 4, 2025 in California • Carrier: PARAMOUNT RECOVERY SERVICE INC (USDOT 2967806) • Vehicle: FORD STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
3
OOS Violations
1
33% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
85698401
Date:
Sep 4, 2025
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
3
HazMat:
No
Reported location:
NB I-805 @ BALOBA AVE
Vehicle:
FORD F-450 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
39698D4 (CA)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and General/Admin, with a combined severity weight of 14.

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
3
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.77 violations per inspection across 26 prior records
vs Level 1 median in California
3
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 175,608 Level 1 inspections in California during 2025

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 1 median
3
2 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%
18 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
1
0 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
7
1 violations · 0 OOS · 0.14 per inspection
Prior 365 days
18
13 violations · 3 OOS · 0.72 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (1 violations across 7 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.77 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 392.2SLSCR (State/Local Laws - CMV safety chains., severity weight 8). (392.2SLSCR)

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 1FDUF4GY8HEB94404 CA 39698D4 FORD F-450 2017

Violations Cited

3 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
392.2SLSCR State/Local Laws - CMV safety chains. 8 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.9A-LBL Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative. 6 Vehicle Maintenance
390.21TB1-MC Operating a CMV without legal name or trade name displayed. General/Admin

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
85996201 Oct 6, 2025 CA L2 CHOWCHILLA RIVER 0
85751694 Sep 4, 2025 CA L1 CORDELIA IF 0
85524633 Aug 14, 2025 CA L1 COTTONWOOD IF 0
85343226 Jul 25, 2025 CA L2 CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF 0
85279796 Jul 18, 2025 CA L2 MISSION GRADE IF 0
85155329 Jul 7, 2025 CA L1 2105 WARDROBE AVE 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
84722351 May 16, 2025 CA L1 1FDUF4GY8HEB94404

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