Roadside Inspection 86185482

Roadside inspection on Oct 29, 2025 in California • Carrier: TEN EIGHT TOW INC (USDOT 2719885) • Vehicle: FORD STRAIGHT TRUCK

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

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
86185482
Date:
Oct 29, 2025
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
KERN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
Carrier (USDOT):
TEN EIGHT TOW INC (2719885)
Vehicle:
FORD F-550 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
51586F1 (CA)

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 10.

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 0.20 violations per inspection across 15 prior records
vs Level 1 median in California
2
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 175,608 Level 1 inspections in California during 2025
vs typical at KERN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
2
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 44 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 trend at this moment

How active was this carrier's inspection record around this date?

Prior 30 days
3
1 violations · 1 OOS
Prior 90 days
3
1 violations · 1 OOS · 0.33 per inspection
Prior 365 days
3
1 violations · 1 OOS · 0.33 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 393.9A-LTSI (Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle., severity weight 6). (393.9A-LTSI)

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 1FDUF5GTXCEA89446 CA 51586F1 FORD F-550 2012

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.9A-LTSI Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. 6 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.40A-B Brake - Inadequate braking system. 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
86173486 Oct 28, 2025 CA L1 KERN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS 0
86173484 Oct 28, 2025 CA L1 KERN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS 1 OOS
86173483 Oct 28, 2025 CA L1 KERN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
82983783 Oct 22, 2024 CA L1 1FDUF5GTXCEA89446
80055434 Oct 31, 2023 CA L1 1FDUF5GTXCEA89446
80571531 Oct 26, 2023 CA L1 1FDUF5GTXCEA89446

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