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Roadside Inspection 89156353

Roadside inspection on Oct 1, 2026 in North Carolina • Carrier: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION (USDOT 86876) • Vehicle: MERCEDES-BENZ STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
89156353
Date:
Oct 1, 2026
Type:
—
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
NEW BERN NC
Operating authority:
MC66562
Vehicle:
MERCEDES-BENZ Sprinter STRAIGHT TRUCK
Ticket make:
Merz
Plate:
ZS3902 (NC)

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 16.

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
2
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.86 violations per inspection across 26,929 prior records
vs Level 1 median in North Carolina
2
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 11,875 Level 1 inspections in North Carolina during 2026
vs typical at NEW BERN NC
2
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 61 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
2
1 more than the median (1)
Compared to 462,796 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)
53%
9992 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
787
719 violations · 111 OOS
Prior 90 days
2236
2017 violations · 329 OOS · 0.90 per inspection
Prior 365 days
9992
9386 violations · 1441 OOS · 0.94 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-TAOL (Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure., severity weight 8). (393.75A3-TAOL)

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK W1X9K2312PN227530 NC ZS3902 MERCEDES-BENZ
Ticket: Merz
Sprinter 2023 —

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.75A3-TAOL Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure. 8 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.75B-TFV Tires - Front, less than 4/32 inch tread depth. 8 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
89166619 Oct 2, 2026 KY L3 FLAT LICK KY 1 —
89165720 Oct 2, 2026 WY L1 SHERIDAN/DIETZ POE 1 OOS
89165492 Oct 2, 2026 MI L3 MI 1 —
89164145 Oct 2, 2026 CA L2 SOUTH SACRAMENTO AREA 0 —
89163797 Oct 2, 2026 PA L3 SOUTH MIDDLETON TWP PA 2 —
89163704 Oct 2, 2026 AR L3 MALVERN AR 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88169119 Jun 17, 2026 NC L1 W1X9K2312PN227530 OOS
86195561 Oct 29, 2025 NC L1 W1X9K2312PN227530 —

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