Roadside Inspection 86099713

Roadside inspection on Oct 9, 2025 in California • Carrier: CALIFORNIA SIERRA EXPRESS INC (USDOT 363648) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
4
OOS Violations
1
25% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
86099713
Date:
Oct 9, 2025
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
4
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
CORDELIA IF
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
2826503 (IN)

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
4
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.35 violations per inspection across 313 prior records
vs Level 1 median in California
4
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 175,608 Level 1 inspections in California during 2025
vs typical at CORDELIA IF
4
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 25,970 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
4
3 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)
77%
111 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
3
0 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
21
8 violations · 1 OOS · 0.38 per inspection
Prior 365 days
111
40 violations · 8 OOS · 0.36 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 396.3A1-BOS (Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination., severity weight 0). (396.3A1-BOS)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJHTDV6LSLJ3543 IN 2826503 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2020
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1JJV532F8XF554833 NV 42384U FRUEHUAF
Ticket: Freightliner
Fruehuaf 1999

Violations Cited

4 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.47E Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto, Clamp (Short & Long), DD-3, or Bolt 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.47E Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto, Clamp (Short & Long), DD-3, or Bolt 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.53B-B Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear. 4 Vehicle Maintenance
396.3A1-BOS 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
86482581 Dec 4, 2025 CA L3 0
86482392 Dec 3, 2025 CA L1 DONNER PASS 0
86452912 Nov 26, 2025 CA L1 GILROY IF 0
86446824 Nov 20, 2025 CA L2 GRAPEVINE IF 0
86376782 Nov 18, 2025 CA L1 GILROY INSPECTION FACILITY 0
86345054 Nov 17, 2025 CA L2 BALDWIN PARK 1

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88765384 Aug 21, 2026 CA L2 3AKJHTDV6LSLJ3543
86784519 Jan 13, 2026 CA L2 3AKJHTDV6LSLJ3543
86142630 Oct 21, 2025 NV L3 1JJV532F8XF554833
86037175 Oct 10, 2025 CA L1 1JJV532F8XF554833
86037175 Oct 10, 2025 CA L1 3AKJHTDV6LSLJ3543
78736181 May 25, 2023 CA L3 3AKJHTDV6LSLJ3543

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