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Roadside Inspection 88940960

Roadside inspection on Sep 9, 2026 in Michigan • Carrier: LEWIS C HOWARD INC (USDOT 2473448) • Vehicle: VOLVO TRUCK 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 #:
88940960
Date:
Sep 9, 2026
State:
Michigan
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
MI
Carrier (USDOT):
LEWIS C HOWARD INC (2473448)
Operating authority:
MC855411
Vehicle:
VOLVO TRUCK VNL TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
RB96254 (MI)

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 6.

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 1.02 violations per inspection across 84 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Michigan
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 11,734 Level 2 inspections in Michigan during 2026
vs typical at MI
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 1,883 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 600,531 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 29.0%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
23%
26 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
1
2 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
6
5 violations · 0 OOS · 0.83 per inspection
Prior 365 days
26
27 violations · 6 OOS · 1.04 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 393.9A-LRLI (Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative., severity weight 6). (393.9A-LRLI)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 4V4NC9EH7EN171830 MI RB96254 VOLVO TRUCK VNL 2014 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1GRAA0621AJ631657 MI E861592 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailers 2010 —

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.9A-LRLI Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative. 6 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
89053270 Sep 21, 2026 MI L2 GRASS LAKE SCALE E/B 1 —
88881376 Sep 2, 2026 MI L2 MI 2 —
88515048 Jul 23, 2026 OH L3 — 0 —
88506469 Jul 23, 2026 OH L3 — 0 —
88485524 Jul 22, 2026 MI L3 — 2 —

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