FMCSA revokes five ELDs with 60 day deadline to replace with compliant devices

Motor carriers have 60 days to act after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) removed several electronic logging devices (ELDs) from the agency’s list of approved devices.

Effective Friday, October 17, 2025, the following five ELDs were placed on the FMCSA’s Revoked Devices list for failure to meet minimum standards:

FMCSA advises carriers using one of these these devices to take the following steps:

  1. Discontinue using the revoked ELD and revert to paper logs or logging software to record required hours of service data.
  2. Replace the revoked ELD with a compliant ELD from the Registered Devices list before December 16, 2025.

Before December 16, 2025, law enforcement and safety officials are encouraged not to cite drivers for “no record of duty status” or “failing to use a registered ELD” and should instead ask to see paper logs, logging software, or the ELD display as backup.

After December 16, 2025, carriers that continue to use the revoked ELDs are considered to be operating without an ELD. Drivers encountered still using a revoked ELD after the December 16 deadline should be placed out-of-service and cited for “no record of duty status,” FMCSA says.

“If the ELD provider corrects all identified deficiencies for its device, FMCSA will place the ELD 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 in the event that the deficiencies are not addressed by the ELD provider,” the agency said.

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