Roadside out-of-service quick reference
The common roadside out-of-service conditions, what triggers them and how to prevent them.
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Example result · fictional numbers
What you get: prevention plan
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Brakes: check every pre-trip, and stroke measured at every pm; your out-of-service orders cost about $4,050.00 a year
- Out of service when
- 20% or more of the vehicle's service brakes are defective or out of adjustment, or a steering-axle brake is inoperative.
- Check at pre-trip
- Pushrod stroke, air leaks (loss rate), low-air warning, slack adjusters, linings.
- Common mistake
- Assuming automatic slack adjusters never need checking; they mask other faults.
Prevention plan: brakes
- Puts out of service
- The vehicle
- What to check
- Pushrod stroke on every chamber, air loss rate, low-air warning, linings and hoses
- When
- Every pre-trip, and stroke measured at every PM
- Who checks
- The driver at pre-trip; the mechanic at each PM
- Record that proves it
- DVIR and the PM work order with the stroke readings
- What clears the order
- Repair or adjust at the roadside, or tow; the vehicle doesn't move under its own power until fixed
and 1 more lines
Also on the sheet
- Your roadside record (last 24 months) · 5 lines, starting with “Inspections”
- Corrective action log (one order) · 7 lines, starting with “Inspection report number and date”
The plain-words read of this example
Brakes puts the vehicle out of service under the CVSA criteria; prevent it by checking pushrod stroke on every chamber, air loss rate, low-air warning, linings and hoses, every pre-trip, and stroke measured at every pm. Over 24 months your 20 inspections gave a vehicle out-of-service rate of 20.0% and a driver rate of 5.0%. At $1,620.00 an order, that is about $4,050.00 a year, $405.00 per truck. After an order, the repair is certified on the inspection report and returned to the agency within 15 days. Keep a corrective-action log for every order and feed the cause back into the pre-trip.
6 cited sources
- North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria (Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA))
- 49 CFR 396.9, Inspection of motor vehicles and intermodal equipment in operation (eCFR (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations))
- 49 CFR 396.11, Driver vehicle inspection report(s) (eCFR (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations))
- 49 CFR 393.75, Tires (eCFR (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations))
- Cargo Securement Rules (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration)
- 49 CFR 395.8, Driver's record of duty status (eCFR (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations))
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