Roadside Inspection 86689178

Roadside inspection on Dec 30, 2025 in Maryland • Carrier: TJ AUTO TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 4179844) • Vehicle: RAM STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
9
OOS Violations
2
22% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
86689178
Date:
Dec 30, 2025
State:
Maryland
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
9
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
MOUNT AIRY MD
Vehicle:
RAM 3500 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Ticket make:
Dodge
Plate:
3ES3914 (MD)

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 47.

Compared to the median Level 2 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
9
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 1.86 violations per inspection across 14 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Maryland
9
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 51,597 Level 2 inspections in Maryland during 2025
vs typical at MOUNT AIRY MD
9
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 190 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 2 median
9
8 more than the median (1)
Compared to 1,039,543 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2025
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 26.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2025

Carrier trend at this moment

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

Prior 30 days
0
No inspections in this window
Prior 90 days
0
No inspections in this window
Prior 365 days
4
1 violations · 0 OOS · 0.25 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 393.75A3-TAOL (Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure., severity weight 8). (393.75A3-TAOL)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 3C63RRGL4LG232776 MD 3ES3914 RAM
Ticket: Dodge
3500 2020
2 SEMI-TRAILER 5VGFW5035HL003939 ME C465024 KAUFMAN TRAILERS OF NC 2017

Violations Cited

9 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.75A3-TAOL Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure. 8 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.11A1-LRLM Lighting - Tail lamp - Any missing. 6 Vehicle Maintenance
393.9A-LHWS Lighting - Hazard warning signal(s) inoperative. 6 Vehicle Maintenance
393.9A-LRLI Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative. 6 Vehicle Maintenance
393.9A-LSLI Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. 6 Vehicle Maintenance
393.9A-LTSI Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. 6 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
392.2-SLLTCD State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g., safety offical, signal, sign, light, lane marking, other. 5 Unsafe Driving
393.95A1 Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - no fire extinguisher present or not properly rated. 2 Vehicle Maintenance
393.9A-LIL Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative. 2 Vehicle Maintenance

Violation categories (BASICs)

Federal behavior-analysis-and-safety-improvement buckets for the cited violations.

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88352394 Jul 7, 2026 MD L1 3C63RRGL4LG232776 OOS
88352394 Jul 7, 2026 MD L1 5VGFW5035HL003939 OOS
88199175 Jun 20, 2026 PA L1 3C63RRGL4LG232776 OOS
88199175 Jun 20, 2026 PA L1 5VGFW5035HL003939 OOS
84662017 May 12, 2025 OH L2 5VGFW5035HL003939
82824045 Oct 2, 2024 MD L2 3C63RRGL4LG232776 OOS
82824045 Oct 2, 2024 MD L2 5VGFW5035HL003939 OOS
82778742 Sep 27, 2024 OH L3 5VGFW5035HL003939

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