Roadside Inspection 88869477

Roadside inspection on Aug 31, 2026 in US • Carrier: TRANSPORTES ESTEBAN SA DE CV (USDOT 936791) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
16
OOS Violations
1
6% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88869477
Date:
Aug 31, 2026
State:
US
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
16
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
LAREDO TX
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Columbia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
544ES8 (MX)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Driver Fitness, with a combined severity weight of 44.

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
16
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 3.75 violations per inspection across 24 prior records
vs Level 1 median in US
16
Heavier than median (3)
Median of 33,659 Level 1 inspections in US during 2026
vs typical at LAREDO TX
16
Heavier than station median (3)
Median of 16,832 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
16
15 more than the median (1)
Compared to 418,475 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)
0%
7 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
0
No inspections in this window
Prior 90 days
1
1 violations · 0 OOS · 1.00 per inspection
Prior 365 days
7
44 violations · 4 OOS · 6.29 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 396.3A1-BOS (Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination., severity weight 0). (396.3A1-BOS)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJA6CG97DY84978 MX 544ES8 FREIGHTLINER Columbia 2007
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1DW1A5321RBB36728 MX 77UT7M STOUGHTON TRAILERS Stoughton Trailers 2024

Violations Cited

16 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
391.11B2-Z Border Zone - Driver cannot satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of 391.11(b)(2) as per FMCSA Enforcement Guidance Memo MC-SEE-2025-0001. 4 Driver Fitness
393.47E Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto, Clamp (Short & Long), DD-3, or Bolt 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.47E Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto, Clamp (Short & Long), DD-3, or Bolt 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.48A-BMBCBD Drum Brake - Missing/broken component(s). 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.48A-BMBCBD Drum Brake - Missing/broken component(s). 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.53B-B Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear. 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.55D1-B Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck/bus manufactured on or after March 1, 1997 and each single unit CMV on or after March 1, 1998. 4 Vehicle Maintenance
396.3A1-ALBV Air Brake - Any leak from a brake valve. 4 Vehicle Maintenance
396.5B-L Lubrication - Oil or grease leak. 3 Vehicle Maintenance
396.5B-L Lubrication - Oil or grease leak. 3 Vehicle Maintenance
393.9A-LIL Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative. 2 Vehicle Maintenance
393.60C Windshield - Damaged or Discolored 1 Vehicle Maintenance
393.60C Windshield - Damaged or Discolored 1 Vehicle Maintenance
393.78A-WS Washers - Inoperative washing system. 1 Vehicle Maintenance
393.83E Exhaust - System discharging from a truck or truck-tractor at a location other than at the rear of the cab. 1 Vehicle Maintenance
396.3A1-BOS Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination. 0 Vehicle Maintenance OOS

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
87248729 Mar 10, 2026 US L1 3AKJA6CG97DY84978 OOS
85914575 Sep 30, 2025 US L1 3AKJA6CG97DY84978
85681161 Sep 4, 2025 US L1 3AKJA6CG97DY84978 OOS
87076966 Sep 3, 2025 NM L2 1DW1A5321RBB36728
81205687 Mar 27, 2024 US L2 3AKJA6CG97DY84978 OOS
79114628 Jul 6, 2023 TX L1 3AKJA6CG97DY84978
78976008 Jun 25, 2023 US L3 3AKJA6CG97DY84978

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