Roadside Inspection 88875624

Roadside inspection on Aug 31, 2026 in Tennessee • Carrier: KMS EXPRESS INC (USDOT 2119362) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER 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 #:
88875624
Date:
Aug 31, 2026
State:
Tennessee
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
ARDMORE TN
Carrier (USDOT):
KMS EXPRESS INC (2119362)
Operating authority:
MC777297
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
P1155402 (IL)

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 0.88 violations per inspection across 378 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Tennessee
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 23,756 Level 1 inspections in Tennessee during 2026
vs typical at ARDMORE TN
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 5,509 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 431,349 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)
46%
170 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
11
10 violations · 2 OOS
Prior 90 days
35
35 violations · 7 OOS · 1.00 per inspection
Prior 365 days
170
173 violations · 22 OOS · 1.02 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 3AKJHHDR2PSND8043 IL P1155402 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2023
2 SEMI-TRAILER 5V8VC5327MM100468 IL 768855ST VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC) VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC) 2021

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
88966321 Sep 9, 2026 GA L2 LEESBURG GA 0
88916415 Sep 4, 2026 TN L2 COOKEVILLE TN 2
88916264 Sep 4, 2026 CO L1 LIMON CO 1
88913612 Sep 4, 2026 CA L2 CAJON SCALES 2
88849677 Aug 28, 2026 OH L2 LOCKBOURNE OH 1
88787167 Aug 25, 2026 NJ L2 NJ 0

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