Roadside Inspection 88840373

Roadside inspection on Aug 26, 2026 in Alabama • Carrier: DIESEL EXPRESS INC (USDOT 1065876) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK 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 #:
88840373
Date:
Aug 26, 2026
State:
Alabama
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
4
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
FLORENCE AL
Carrier (USDOT):
DIESEL EXPRESS INC (1065876)
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
A546316 (MS)

What this inspection means

4 violations were recorded, but no out-of-service order was issued.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance, with a combined severity weight of 18.

Compared to the median Level 1 inspection nationwide in 2026, this is a slightly above 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 0.70 violations per inspection across 502 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Alabama
4
Heavier than median (2)
Median of 4,266 Level 1 inspections in Alabama during 2026
vs typical at FLORENCE AL
4
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 181 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 413,791 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
No
Cohort OOS rate: 28.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
61%
109 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
6
1 violations · 1 OOS
Prior 90 days
23
25 violations · 6 OOS · 1.09 per inspection
Prior 365 days
109
73 violations · 19 OOS · 0.67 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-TAOLTIS (Tires - All others, leaking and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped with ATIS, severity weight 8). (393.75A3-TAOLTIS)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJHHDR6NSNF3612 MS A546316 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2022
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1JJV532DXFL854825 MS 171492A WABASH VANS Dry Van Duraplate 2015

Violations Cited

4 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires - All others, leaking and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped with ATIS 8 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.55C1-B Air Brake - Truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1, 1997, not equipped with an ABS system. System does not function or indicates a fault. 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.55E-B Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1, 1998. 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.9A-LSML Lighting - Side marker lamp(s) inoperative. 2 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
88836922 Aug 28, 2026 MS L1 MONROE COUNTY MS 1
88833517 Aug 26, 2026 TN L3 MOUNT PLEASANT TN 1
88724326 Aug 16, 2026 TN L3 0
88699095 Aug 12, 2026 TN L3 0
88602037 Aug 4, 2026 NC L2 1 OOS
88610676 Aug 3, 2026 CA L1 CORDELIA IF 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
86499203 Dec 5, 2025 TN L2 3AKJHHDR6NSNF3612
85867194 Sep 24, 2025 OK L3 3AKJHHDR6NSNF3612
83653943 Jan 19, 2025 TN L3 3AKJHHDR6NSNF3612

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