Two more electronic logging devices have been kicked off the list of registered ELDs by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, meaning drivers or motor carriers using them will need to replace them with ones on the list.

Electronic logging devices are required to monitor commercial drivers' hours of service and must be registered as complying with the minimum federal specifications for these devices.

Mountain ELD and XELD devices were placed on the Revoked Devices list due to the companies’ failure to meet the minimum requirements established in 49 CFR part 395, subpart B, appendix A. These ELDs now appear on FMCSA’s Revoked Devices list.

The agency last week revoked four other ELDs, and three last month. 

The removals are effective December 18, 2024. If the ELD providers correct all identified deficiencies for their devices, FMCSA will place the ELDs back on the list of registered devices and inform the industry of the update.

What Should Drivers and Trucking Companies Do If Their ELDs Are Revoked?

FMCSA will send an industry-wide email to inform motor carriers that all who use these revoked ELDs must take the following steps:

• Discontinue using the revoked ELDs and revert to paper logs or logging software to record required hours of service data.

• Replace the revoked ELDs with compliant ELDs from the Registered Devices list before February 16, 2025.

Motor carriers have up to 60 days to replace the revoked ELDs with compliant ELDs. 

During this time, safety officials are encouraged not to cite drivers using these revoked ELDs for 395.8(a)(1) – “No record of duty status” or 395.22(a) – “Failing to use a registered ELD.” 

Instead, the agency said, enforcement officials should request the driver’s paper logs or logging software or use the ELD display as a back-up method to review the hours-of-service data.

Beginning February 16, 2025, those who continue to use the revoked devices listed above will be considered as operating without an ELD and drivers will be placed out-of-service.