Your electronic logging device (ELD) was revoked. Here is what FMCSA says to do.
The short version: stop using the device, keep your hours on paper logs or with logging software, and replace it with a device from FMCSA's registered list within 60 days of the removal date.
The steps in FMCSA's revocation notices
- Stop using the revoked device to record your hours of service. From the removal date on, it no longer counts as an ELD.
- Record your hours on paper logs, or with logging software, while you make the switch. Keep doing that until the replacement is installed and running.
- Find the removal date. The 60-day clock starts on the date FMCSA removed the device — not on the day you heard about it. The revoked list shows every removal date with its replace-by date, and the checker shows both dates on your device's card.
- Replace it with a device from FMCSA's registered list before the replace-by date. Check the exact model — not just the brand name — in the checker before you buy, and take one look at the maker's family: a maker whose other names keep getting removed is telling you something.
- Do not run past the deadline. FMCSA's notices say that once the 60 days are up, a driver still using the device is cited under 49 CFR 395.8(a)(1) — no record of duty status — and placed out of service under the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance criteria. The violation also lands on the carrier's safety record.
If your maker withdrew the device itself
Some devices leave the list because their own maker withdrew them. FMCSA's 60-day notices cover only the devices the agency revokes, and the agency publishes no replacement window for a maker's own withdrawal. The practical position is the same, though: the device is off the registered list, and 49 CFR 395.22(a) requires a carrier that must use an ELD to use a registered one. Treat a withdrawal like a revocation and switch to a registered device.
Before you buy the replacement
Run the exact model through the checker first — a name can be registered under one model and revoked under another. Then read the card all the way down: who the maker is, what other names it files, and what platform the device runs on. A cheap device standing on a platform whose other brands keep getting revoked is not cheap for long.
This page repeats the steps in FMCSA's published revocation notices, in plain words. It is general information, not legal advice. FMCSA lists as published November 1, 2026.