Annual Inspection Checklist

Here is the list of what we’ll be inspecting. If your units are out of compliance, a re-inspection at a later date will be required, but depending on the issue this may or may not require an additional charge.

Items Inspected
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Brakes

Lights

It doesn’t matter if it’s factory installed, or added on later. If a light is installed, it must be functional. This includes all auxiliary lighting, additional accessory lighting, decorative clearance lights, fog lights, light bars, etc.

  • Clearance lights

  • License plate lights

Tires

  • Steer tires with less than 4/32 tread depth and drive or trailer tires with less than 2/32 tread depth

Glass

  • Cracked windshields

  • Broken mirrors

  • Washer fluid

Brake System

  • Service brakes

  • Parking brake

  • Brake drums & rotors (cracks and wear depth)

  • Brake lining thickness (all wheels)

  • Brake chamber stroke measurement

  • Brake hoses (dry rotting, fluid leakage)

  • Air brake tubing (chafes, burns, leaks, cracking)

  • Low pressure warning indicator/alarm

  • Tractor protection valve

  • Air compressor

  • Electric brakes

  • Hydraulic brakes

  • Vacuum systems

  • Visual condition of air brake cylinders (rust, dents, damage)

  • Air brake cylinder securement and attachement

Coupling Devices

  • Fifth wheel (attachment, hardware, visual damage, grease, release lever)

  • Pintle hooks

  • Drawbar/Towbar eye

  • Drawbar/Towbar tongue

  • Safety devices

  • Saddle mounts

Exhaust System

  • Exhaust leaks forward of or directly below the driver or sleeper compartment

  • Bus exhaust systems leaking or discharging in violation of bus standards

  • Exhaust system incorrectly mounted, likely to burn, char, or damage electrical wiring, fuel supply, or any combustible part of the motor vehicle

Lighting Devices

  • Main head lights low beams

  • Main head lights high beams

  • Fog lights

  • Front/Rear/Side/Roof clearance lights

  • Front/Rear turn signals and corner indicators

  • Front/Rear parking/running lamps

  • Rear brake lights

  • Reverse lights

  • License plate lighting

  • Cargo and rear tractor lighting

Safe Loading

  • Part(s) of vehicle or condition of loading such that the spare tire, any part of the load or dunnage can fall into the roadway

  • Protection devices from shifting cargo

  • Container securement devices on intermodal equipment

Steering Mechanism

  • Steering wheel free play

  • Steering column/shaft into steering box or rack

  • Front axle beam and all steering components

  • Steering gear box conditon and securement

  • Pitman arm

  • Power steering

  • Ball and socket joints

  • Tie rods and drag links

  • Nuts/Pins/Clips

  • Steering linkage

Suspension

  • U-Bolts

  • Spring hangers

  • Any other axle positioning part(s) cracked, broken, loose or missing resulting in shifting of an axle from it’s normal position

  • Coil/Leaf/Air spring assemblies (cracks, breaks, chafes, leaks, or any other serious damage)

  • Torque, radius or tracking components

Frame

  • Frame rails (extreme rust, damaged mounts, cracks, illegal repairs)

  • Tire and wheel clearance

  • Adjustable axle assemblies and sliding subframes

Tires

  • Steer tread depth (minimum 4/32 of an inch on all major tread grooves)

  • All other tires tread depth (minimum 2/32 of an inch on all major tread grooves)

  • Visual tire condition (damage, cuts, chafes, bubbles, separating tread)

Wheels and Rims

  • Locks or side ring attachment

  • Visual wheel and rim condition (cracks, breaks, bends, dents, extreme rust)

  • Fasteners (all nuts are installed and tight)

  • Welds (visual weld condition (rust, cracks, failures)

Windshield, Glass and Mirrors

  • Cracks (no cracks within the windshield wiping path, no cracks more than 11″ outside of the windshield wiping path)

  • Chips (no chips larger than 3/4″ or chips less than 3/4″ within 3″ of another chip.

  • Glazing and discoloration from worn windshield wipers

  • Side and rear windows must be damage free and tinted no more than 30%

  • Mirrors must be unbroken, crack free and operable.

  • Windshield washers must be operable and contain washing fluid

  • Windshield wipers (all power units must have functional and “effective” wipers/blades)

Trouble Indicators

  • The dash shall have no warning or emergency lights illuminated

  • No check engine lights

  • No ABS lights