8 Gorilla Fleet Safety ELDs revoked

Updated May 15, 2025
Eight ELDs from Gorilla Fleet Safety have been placed on FMCSA's Revoked Devices list, and motor carriers are encouraged to discontinue their use.
Eight ELDs from Gorilla Fleet Safety have been placed on FMCSA's Revoked Devices list, and motor carriers are encouraged to discontinue their use.

Update -- Tuesday, May 13, 1 p.m. Central: Gorilla Fleet Safety issued a new statement Tuesday to provide additional details about the revocation of the eight devices announced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Monday.

The company said that it "revamped its core product offering from the inside out" late last year. As part of that process, Gorilla Fleet Safety "ended support for and self-revoked several ELDs in December 2024. This was done after migrating users to the latest technology, which leads us to where we are today."

After Gorilla self-revoked the devices in December, removing them from the FMCSA's registered-ELDs list, the company said, "FMCSA reinstated the self-revoked ELDs on May 12, 2025, before revoking them again on the same day." 

An FMCSA spokesperson confirmed that story, noting the eight devices all had "previously been flagged for issues that warranted revocation under the ELD rule." 

Gorilla's self-revocation preceded FMCSA's efforts, though, and in order to "ensure the integrity of the ELD registration system and FMCSA's commitment to safety and compliance," the spokesperson added, the devices were "very briefly removed from the self-revoked list in order to make necessary website updates and allow for final Agency action under federal procedures." 

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Since Gorilla has ended support for the eight devices, it "has no intentions of seeking reinstatement," the company noted. "Instead, we would like to focus on the latest technology, compliance, and making highways a safe place for all drivers."

Original story follows:

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has removed eight electronic logging devices from Gorilla Fleet Safety from the agency’s list of registered ELDs.

FMCSA said the devices failed to meet the minimum requirements in its functional specification regulations. Gorilla Fleet Safety said in a statement that the company self-revoked the registrations of each of the devices in December, noting that they "were unsupported legacy applications."

The removals are effective May 12 for the following devices:

  • AllwaysTrack
  • Command Alkon Trackit
  • ELDX
  • Gorilla Safety Compact ELD
  • HCSS ELD
  • LB Technologies FleetTrack HOS
  • Simplex ELD 2GO
  • Trucker Path ELD Pro

Motor carriers and truck drivers using the devices have up to 60 days to replace the revoked ELDs with compliant devices.

As a result of the revocation of the devices’ self-certification, carriers and drivers should discontinue using the revoked ELDs and revert to paper logs or logging software to record hours-of-service data and replace the revoked devices with a compliant ELD before July 11.

Prior to July 11, inspectors 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, inspectors should request the driver’s paper logs, logging software, or use the ELD display as a back-up method to review the hours of service data.

Beginning July 11, motor carriers and drivers who continue to use the devices listed above will be considered as operating without an ELD and will be subject to a violation under 395.8(a)(1) and placed out-of-service (OOS) in accordance with the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance OOS Criteria.

FMCSA noted it would place the ELDs back on the list of registered devices and inform the industry of the update if deficiencies were corrected by Gorilla -- unlikely given Gorilla's statement that it self-revoked the devices. 

[Related: Mountain ELD, XELD revoked by FMCSA]

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