Roadside Inspection 88480845

Roadside inspection on Jul 20, 2026 in Tennessee • Carrier: UNIVERSAL DEDICATED OF SMYRNA TN LLC (USDOT 3221080) • Vehicle: PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88480845
Date:
Jul 20, 2026
State:
Tennessee
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
ARDMORE TN
Vehicle:
PETERBILT 579 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
3682204 (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 8.

Compared to the median Level 1 inspection nationwide in 2026, 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
1
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 0.66 violations per inspection across 999 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Tennessee
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 22,716 Level 1 inspections in Tennessee during 2026
vs typical at ARDMORE TN
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 6,232 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
1
Same as the median (1)
Compared to 413,791 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 28.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
64%
293 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
15
14 violations · 4 OOS
Prior 90 days
46
32 violations · 8 OOS · 0.70 per inspection
Prior 365 days
293
166 violations · 35 OOS · 0.57 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 TRUCK TRACTOR 1XPBD49X8SD731239 IN 3682204 PETERBILT 579 2025
2 SEMI-TRAILER 3H3V532K6PJ128178 IN PA79340 HYUNDAI TRANSLEAD TRAILERS Hyundai Translead Trailers 2023

Violations Cited

1 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

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
88849341 Aug 28, 2026 TN L1 KNOXVILLE TN 1
88846813 Aug 27, 2026 TN L3 ARDMORE TN 0
88846601 Aug 27, 2026 TN L1 MANCHESTER TN 0
88832601 Aug 26, 2026 TN L1 KNOXVILLE TN 0
88832263 Aug 26, 2026 TN L3 CROSSVILLE TN 0
88790342 Aug 25, 2026 KY L1 FRANKLIN KY 1

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88846813 Aug 27, 2026 TN L3 3H3V532K6PJ128178
88846813 Aug 27, 2026 TN L3 1XPBD49X8SD731239
86490573 Dec 4, 2025 KY L1 1XPBD49X8SD731239
85425102 Aug 5, 2025 TN L1 1XPBD49X8SD731239
84385151 Apr 11, 2025 TN L1 1XPBD49X8SD731239
83573186 Jan 8, 2025 TN L1 1XPBD49X8SD731239
83057780 Oct 30, 2024 TN L1 3H3V532K6PJ128178
82834814 Oct 3, 2024 MS L3 3H3V532K6PJ128178

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