Driver Vehicle Inspection Report (DVIR)

As a driver, you must prepare a DVIR at the completion of each workday and submit reports to your motor carrier upon returning to your home terminal. You have a legal duty of care to inspect and be satisfied that both the power unit and the trailer are in safe operating condition.

After you add a vehicle, truck, or trailer to your Transflo HOS account online, you can see them in the DVIR section of the screen.

Follow these steps to create a vehicle inspection record in your HOS app. Your inspection can then be used in applicable safety and compliance reporting.

  1. You might be able to skip this first step and go to step 2 especially if you have a menu item named DVIR on your app. The initial login steps vary based on which app you are using: HOS or Mobile+.

    • HOS app: As a retail ELD user, log in to your HOS app.

      1. Each customer interface can be customized, so you might tap HOS or TransfloEld.

      2. Enter your Username and Password and tap Sign In.

      3. On the Home Screen, tap Electronic Logs (HOS). Type your Truck Number, VIN, or Device ID (serial number) to pull up the vehicle.

    • Transflo Mobile+ app: As a fleet ELD user with the Transflo Mobile+ app, tap HOS LOGIN.

      1. Enter your username (typically the same email address you used when you registered).

      2. Enter your password.

      3. Tap LOGIN.

      4. The next time you log in, the screens look a little different. Enter your username and tap Next.

      5. The screens in the app appear and change quickly. Do not be concerned that you do not have time to see what they are showing. Typically, the screens go through logging in as the driver identity you provided, synchronizing the data for that driver, and then applying an HOS rule set.

      6. The app searches for recent or nearby vehicles. To search for your vehicle, enter its name. In the resulting list of matching vehicles, select your truck or vehicle.

      7. The app synchronizes the asset inspection logs, trailers, HOS data, shipments, and messages for you.

  2. When you select a truck, the last inspection date and time appears. Tap Inspect.

    In some configurations of Transflo Mobile+, you can tap DVIR on the dashboard or Home page. To create a vehicle inspection, you might see a blue Certify and Inspect button under the vehicle name.

  3. Go outside and physically inspect the vehicle.

    Note: Performing this function denotes a PreTrip Inspection and will place the Driver in ON Duty status. If you are not ready to go on duty, tap Skip Remainder. You can perform the inspection at a later time when you are ready to drive on duty.

  4. Perform the inspection.

  5. Select Pre or Post Trip Inspection.

  6. Enter the address or location where the inspection is being performed by tapping Edit (the pencil icon). Enter the address or intersection and tap OK.

  7. Select No Defects or select the boxes of the items that have issues. Tap any of the check boxes to select Vehicle defects and add a remark. You may need to scroll down, on a tablet device.

  8. If a defect is repairable at a later date, tap the red Repair button under the vehicle, tap the Not necessary check box, and tap Save. Tap Certify as safe or Certify as unsafe.

  9. After selecting any defects, scroll down and select Pre-trip, In-trip, or Post-trip. Scroll to the bottom and select Done to save your new inspection.

  10. Certify the inspection by signing the DVIR. To sign and complete the inspection, tap Yes on the Sign DVIR pop-up window.

  11. The app takes you back to the DVIR screen.

  12. Repeat the same steps above to certify and inspect the trailer.

  13. If there are no trailer defects, select No Defects.

  14. If there are repairs to attend to, select Repair.

    • If a defect is repairable at a later date select, Repair Not Necessary and tap Save.

    • If the defect is repaired, select Repaired and tap Save.

  15. When repairs are complete, you must review the inspection and certify as Safe or Unsafe.

  16. Certify and Sign the Trailer inspection.

  17. Mark the inspection as Pre or Post Trip.

  18. Sign the DVIR.

  19. Your inspections are now complete.

 

View a demonstration of these steps in one or more Transflo videos: