Carrier profile · USDOT 3617842 · MC-1234680 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

AJ PARTNERS LLC

111 power unitsavg 5.2 yrNational · 42 statesHOFFMAN ESTATES, IL0/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1234680 INACTIVEOUT-OF-SERVICE ORDER
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Active federal out-of-service order — do not tender

Denial of Access · ordered Feb 11, 2026

Imminent Hazard · ordered Apr 10, 2026

FMCSA has ordered this carrier to cease operations. Verify current status with FMCSA before any tender.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 25.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 231 vehicle and 413 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

20.4% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 6.8 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

408 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 55

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
111
Inspections · 24 mo
413
Annualized
≈207 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

94%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
88%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
81%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving190 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance46 · 12 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance45 · 13 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance36 · 30 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance31 · 9 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance28 · 16 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

67 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
34False logs
9Drove over hours

Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 11 total · 11 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264234
20257037
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 3, 2026IN44Yes
Jan 26, 2026UT02Yes
Jan 21, 2026MO10Yes
Jan 14, 2026NC01Yes
Dec 5, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 28, 2025MA01Yes
Oct 25, 2025WY00Yes
Sep 1, 2025NY02Yes
Aug 24, 2025AZ00Yes
Aug 11, 2025AL00Yes
Aug 8, 2025TX02Yes