Two days after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration revoked an ELD, the agency has reinstated the device.
On Jan. 13, FMCSA announced that it removed DSGELOGS (Model Number: DSGELOGS1; ELD Identifier: DSGEL1) and three others from its list of approved electronic logging devices.
DSGELOGS was reinstated on Jan. 15.
“Motor carriers and drivers may now use DSGELOGS to record and transfer hours-of-service data,” FMCSA wrote in an email.
Meanwhile, the other three revoked devices remain off the list. Those devices are:
- PREMIERRIDE LOGS (Model Number: 1RIDE; ELD Identifier: PRD391)
- STATE ELOGS (Model Number: ST8-E; ELD Identifier: STE384)
- STATE ELOGS 2 (Model Number: PT-30; ELD Identifier: STE384)
According to FMCSA, the four ELDs were placed on the revoked list for “failure to meet the minimum requirements” outlined in Title 49 CFR Appendix A to Subpart B of Part 395, which establishes functional specifications for all electronic logging devices. The exact reason the units were removed was not disclosed.
Truckers who are currently using any of the three revoked devices will have until March 15 to replace the ELD with a compliant device from the approved list. Failing to do so by the deadline will result in a “no record-of-duty” status and being placed out of service.
Prior to the March 15 deadline, FMCSA said that drivers using any of the recently revoked ELDs should “revert to using paper logs or logging software” to record their hours-of-service data.
Electronic logging devices can be added back to the approved list if “the ELD provider corrects all identified deficiencies”. However, the agency said it “strongly encourages” carriers to be proactive in replacing their current devices, “in the event that the deficiencies are not addressed by the ELD providers.”
While the option exists, a device being added back to the approved list is somewhat rare. The last time that occurred was in May 2024, when the agency added Blue Star ELD back to the approved list a day after the device had been revoked.
This past year, FMCSA placed 38 ELDs on the revoked list. None of those devices were reinstated. LL
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