Roadside Inspection 88855342

Roadside inspection on Aug 30, 2026 in Washington • Carrier: DESERT STAR TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 661337) • Vehicle: PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88855342
Date:
Aug 30, 2026
State:
Washington
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
RIDGEFIELD WA
Vehicle:
PETERBILT 579 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
A001527 (UT)

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 2 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 0.82 violations per inspection across 222 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Washington
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 9,744 Level 2 inspections in Washington during 2026
vs typical at RIDGEFIELD WA
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 4,910 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
1
Same as the median (1)
Compared to 556,902 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 28.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
52%
81 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
5
4 violations · 1 OOS
Prior 90 days
15
11 violations · 5 OOS · 0.73 per inspection
Prior 365 days
81
63 violations · 11 OOS · 0.78 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 1XPBD49X7TD759261 UT A001527 PETERBILT 579 2026
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1UYVS2537GU737022 ID TG9073 UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER Utility Trailer Manufacturer 2016

Violations Cited

1 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

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
88883395 Sep 2, 2026 CA L3 I-15 N/B S/OF SR-138 1
88874135 Sep 1, 2026 CA L1 DONNER PASS IF 2
88801751 Aug 26, 2026 CA L2 ANTELOPE E/B 3 OOS
88686291 Aug 12, 2026 NV L3 SLOAN CHECKSITE 0
88667843 Aug 11, 2026 NV L3 0
88616864 Aug 5, 2026 CA L1 MT. PASS IF 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87652352 Apr 22, 2026 CA L1 1UYVS2537GU737022
86357134 Nov 17, 2025 AZ L2 1XPBD49X7TD759261
81463257 Apr 26, 2024 UT L3 1UYVS2537GU737022
79295680 Jul 31, 2023 UT L3 1UYVS2537GU737022

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