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Roadside Inspection 89260885

Roadside inspection on Oct 13, 2026 in California • Carrier: CPL EXPRESS INC (USDOT 1376496) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
5
OOS Violations
1
20% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
89260885
Date:
Oct 13, 2026
State:
California
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
5
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
DESERT HILLS IF
Carrier (USDOT):
CPL EXPRESS INC (1376496)
Operating authority:
MC525362
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
ZP90972 (CA)

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 20.

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
5
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 1.75 violations per inspection across 111 prior records
vs Level 2 median in California
5
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 80,420 Level 2 inspections in California during 2026
vs typical at DESERT HILLS IF
5
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 16,654 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
5
4 more than the median (1)
Compared to 664,190 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)
52%
25 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
3 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
6
16 violations · 1 OOS · 2.67 per inspection
Prior 365 days
25
36 violations · 5 OOS · 1.44 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

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJGLDR5HSJB3259 CA ZP90972 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2017 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 3H3V532C8YT096090 CA 4MG3072 HYUNDAI TRANSLEAD TRAILERS Hyundai Translead Trailers 2000 —

Violations Cited

5 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
393.9A-LSLI Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. 6 Vehicle Maintenance —
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured. 2 Vehicle Maintenance —
393.9A-LCL Lighting - Clearance lamp(s) inoperative. 2 Vehicle Maintenance —
393.9A-LLPL Lighting - License plate lamp inoperative. 2 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
89284251 Oct 16, 2026 CA L1 SAN ONOFRE IF 2 —
89236577 Oct 8, 2026 CA L2 RAINBOW IF 3 —
88964623 Sep 9, 2026 CA L1 DESERT HILLS IF 6 OOS
88944499 Sep 7, 2026 CA L1 GRAPEVINE IF 0 —
88718143 Aug 17, 2026 CA L2 MODESTO AREA 7 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88718143 Aug 17, 2026 CA L2 3AKJGLDR5HSJB3259 —
87885998 May 18, 2026 CA L1 3AKJGLDR5HSJB3259 —
87245053 Mar 8, 2026 CA L2 3H3V532C8YT096090 OOS
86856513 Jan 20, 2026 CA L2 3H3V532C8YT096090 OOS
85525008 Aug 15, 2025 CA L1 3AKJGLDR5HSJB3259 —
85445136 Aug 8, 2025 CA L3 3H3V532C8YT096090 —
85525526 Jul 25, 2025 CA L2 3H3V532C8YT096090 —
85235334 Jul 14, 2025 CA L5 3H3V532C8YT096090 —

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