Vehicle inspections from any phone, in under a minute.
Motentra runs end-of-shift van checks, walk-around inspections and pre- and post-trip DVIRs from a phone browser. Every defect becomes a task with a priority, tires are flagged wheel by wheel, and each report stays with the vehicle and the person who filed it.
Runs in any phone browser — no app store, no install
Tires — tap any that need attention
A checklist nobody acts on is just paperwork
Most fleets already inspect their vehicles. The trouble starts afterwards: the sheet goes in a box, the defect goes in a text message, and the vehicle goes back out tomorrow with the same problem.
The sheet never comes back
Paper reports ride around in the cab, get rained on, and get keyed into a spreadsheet days later — if anyone gets to them at all.
A defect with no owner
“Check engine light on” gets written down and then nothing happens, because nobody was told it was theirs to fix and nobody is tracking when it was.
No proof when it’s needed
When a lessor, rental company or insurer asks when a tire went bad or a scrape appeared, there is no date, no photo and no name to point to.
Built around what happens after the walk-around
The checklist is the easy part. Motentra is built for the part that usually breaks: getting a defect from the yard to the shop, and keeping the record when it matters.
Three checklists, one app
An end-of-shift check for Amazon DSP vans, a nine-point walk-around for service fleets and a 12-item DVIR for trucking. Each item is answered OK, defect or N/A, with a note.
- Pick the fleet type once; the right checklist follows
- Questions a checklist never asked stay blank, not ticked
- A name on every report
Defects become tasks
Mark something as a defect and say what is wrong. It opens a task on the dashboard before the vehicle has left the yard, and critical items open at high priority.
- Brakes, steering, coupling and warning lights are critical
- Priority, due date and status on every task
- Resolved means resolved, with a date
Tires, wheel by wheel
Front left, front right, rear left and rear right are flagged individually. Tread depth is recorded in 32nds of an inch and judged against the warn and replace lines you set.
- Low tread shows on the fleet list
- Repeat offenders become obvious
- Your thresholds, not a generic warning
Mileage from every inspection
The odometer reading taken at inspection keeps oil changes and maintenance schedules honest, so past due is measured in miles instead of guesses.
- Oil changes counted against the odometer
- Overdue and due-soon, ranked
- No separate mileage log to chase
A QR code in every door
Print a code for each vehicle and stick it inside the door. Scan it and the right vehicle opens — no scrolling through sixty identical white vans.
- Scanned from the browser, no extra app
- One code, one vehicle
- Fewer inspections filed against the wrong unit
A record that holds up
Every inspection is kept with the vehicle: date, mileage, answers, defects and who filed it. Open any vehicle and its whole inspection history is one tab away.
- History per vehicle and per driver
- Damage photos on the same record
- Nothing to file, nothing to lose
One inspection for each kind of fleet
Every Motentra account runs on a fleet type, and the fleet type decides the inspection. This is exactly what each one asks.
End-of-shift inspection
Closed out by your fleet lead at the door when the van comes back, in under a minute.
- Tires, flagged by wheel — FL, FR, RL, RR
- A/C working
- Dashboard warning lights
- Netradyne camera working
- Damage, logged with photos
- Fuel or charge level
- Cleanliness
Nine-point walk-around
For pickups, service trucks, vans and company cars — run by the driver or whoever does the walk-around.
- Lights & signals
- Brakes (critical)
- Fluid levels and leaks
- Windshield, wipers & mirrors
- Horn
- Dashboard warning lights (critical)
- Seat belts
- Interior clean & cargo secure
- Safety equipment — extinguisher, first-aid kit, triangles
Pre-trip & post-trip DVIR
Twelve items modelled on 49 CFR 396.11, with a driver required and the trailer they are pulling on the report.
- Service brakes, incl. trailer connections
- Parking brake
- Steering mechanism
- Lighting devices & reflectors
- Wheels & rims
- Horn
- Windshield wipers
- Rear vision mirrors
- Coupling devices
- Emergency equipment
- Fluid levels & leaks
- Dashboard warning lights
From the yard to the shop without a phone call
Two things decide whether an inspection program works: whether defects get fixed, and whether you can see trouble coming. This is how Motentra handles both.
The defect that starts its own work order
When an inspection marks something as a defect, Motentra opens a maintenance task against that vehicle with the inspector’s note attached. Critical items open at high priority, so the brake problem never waits behind a wiper blade.
- Every task has a priority, a due date and a status
- Open, scheduled, in progress, complete — nothing ambiguous
- One tap takes a vehicle out of service while it waits
Needs attention · from inspections
Tread depth you can sort by
Set the depth where a tire is worth watching and the depth where it has to come off. Each inspection reading lands on the vehicle’s tires tab, and anything under your lines shows on the fleet list — by wheel, not as a vague “tires need attention.”
- Readings in 32nds of an inch
- Your warn and replace lines, not ours
- Front left, front right, rear left and rear right tracked separately
The same app, tuned to how your fleet runs
Pick the fleet type that matches your operation and Motentra speaks its language — vans and Netradyne for a DSP, walk-arounds for a service fleet, DVIRs and trailers for a carrier.
End-of-shift checks at the door
Your fleet lead closes out each van in under a minute, with Netradyne camera status and damage photos on the same report.
Motentra for DSPs → Service fleetsA walk-around before the first job
Techs and drivers run a nine-point check on pickups, vans and service trucks, and the office sees defects before dispatch.
Motentra for service fleets → TruckingPre-trip and post-trip DVIRs
Drivers file a DVIR on the 49 CFR 396.11 items from their phone, with the trailer they are pulling on the report.
The DVIR app →Paper, a spreadsheet, or Motentra
If your inspection process works on a quiet day and falls apart on a busy one, this table is usually why.
| Paper checklist | Spreadsheet | Motentra | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the report lives | In the cab, then a box | On one person’s laptop | With the vehicle, on every signed-in phone |
| What happens to a defect | Someone has to notice it | Someone has to read it | It opens a task with a priority |
| Tire detail | “Tires: bad” | A free-text cell | Each wheel flagged, tread in 32nds |
| Mileage | Written down, sometimes | Typed in later | Taken at inspection; drives the schedules |
| Proof for a lessor or insurer | A signature, if you can find it | A row with no photo | Date, name, mileage and photos |
| Getting started | Print a stack of forms | An afternoon of formulas | Send your vehicle list; it is loaded for you |
Inspecting by the end of the week
No hardware to install, no telematics contract, no app store.
Load your fleet
Send your list — VIN, plate, year, model and current mileage — and it is loaded before you start. Print a QR code for each vehicle and stick it inside the door.
Inspect at the vehicle
Open the link on any phone, scan the QR, run the checklist and put a name on it. Under a minute a vehicle.
Work the list
Defects arrive as tasks with a priority and a due date. Clear the red, schedule the amber, and dispatch knows what is ready.
Vehicle inspection FAQ
Do drivers have to download an app?
Who should do the inspection?
What happens when an inspection finds a defect?
Is the DVIR checklist FMCSA-compliant?
Can we change the checklist?
Does the inspection record mileage?
What does it cost?
Inspection guides
Practical write-ups for the people who do the walk-around and the people who answer for it.
The end-of-shift van inspection checklist
What to check on every van when it comes back from a route, and what to do with what you find.
Read the checklist → Guide · TruckingThe CDL pre-trip inspection checklist
A walk-around in the order drivers do it, with the numbers each air brake test has to hit.
Read the checklist → Guide · TruckingDVIR requirements: 49 CFR 396.11 explained
What carriers must do when a driver reports a defect — and how long to keep the paperwork.
Read the guide → Guide · TruckingDOT annual inspection requirements
How often each truck and trailer needs one, who may inspect and the records you keep for 14 months.
Read the guide → Guide · TruckingMinimum tire tread depth for trucks
4/32 inch on steer tires, 2/32 on the rest, and where to set your own replacement line.
Read the guide → Guide · All fleetsHow to document vehicle damage so it holds up
The photos, details and timing that make a damage report useful to a lessor, an insurer or your own shop.
Read the guide →