Two electronic logging devices have been removed from the Department of Transportation's list of registered ELDs for failing to meet federal requirements.

On July 31, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration placed Walker ELD and SRELD on the Revoked Devices list due to the companies’ failure to meet the minimum requirements established in Title 49 CFR Appendix A to Subpart B of Part 395. 

The removals are effective July 31, for the following devices:  

• Walker ELD Model Number: WAL-R ELD Identifier: WLK790 ELD Provider: Walker ELD System INC  

• SR ELD Model Number: SR-E ELD Identifier: SRE288 ELD Provider: SR ELD LLC  

What Should Truck Drivers and Motor Carriers Do If They Have a Revoked ELD?

Motor carriers have up to 60 days to replace the revoked ELDs with compliant ELDs. FMCSA will send an industry-wide email to inform motor carriers that anyone using these revoked ELDs must take the following steps:  

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

2. Replace the revoked ELDs with compliant ELDs from the Registered Devices list before September 29.  

What Will Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Do If You're Using a Revoked ELD?

Before September 29, FMCSA encourages safety officials 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, safety officials should request the driver’s paper logs, logging software, or use the ELD display as a backup method to review the hours of service data.  

Beginning September 29, however, motor carriers that continue to use the revoked devices listed above will be considered as operating without an ELD. 

Safety officials who encounter a driver using a revoked device on or after September 29 are being told to cite 395.8(a)(1), and place the driver out-of-service in accordance with the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance OOS Criteria.  

If an ELD provider corrects all the identified deficiencies for a revoked device, FMCSA will place it back on the list of registered devices and inform the industry of the update. 

However, FMCSA strongly encourages motor carriers to take the actions listed above now to avoid compliance issues if the deficiencies are not addressed by the ELD provider.   

For more information on ELDs, visit FMCSA’s ELD website.