Carrier profile · USDOT 2687969 · MC-1480473 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Cylinder Enterprises Inc

DBA FINISH LINE TOWING AND TRANSPORT

45 power unitsavg 4.8 yrLocal · 1 statesGARDEN GROVE, CA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1480473 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksfinishlinetow.comFMCSA SAFER

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.

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

Vehicle OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 79 vehicle and 81 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.2% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 2.0 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

81 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 28

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 45-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
81
Annualized
≈41 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
15%
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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 390.3 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 127 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 17 total · 1 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241001
20233003
20224004
20192011
20181001
20172021
20162012
20151011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 5, 2025CA00Yes
Jul 7, 2024CA00Yes
Dec 21, 2023CA00Yes
Sep 5, 2023CA00Yes
Mar 23, 2023CA00Yes
Dec 4, 2022CA00Yes
Aug 31, 2022CA00Yes
Aug 18, 2022CA00Yes
Jun 6, 2022CA00Yes
Sep 26, 2019CA01No
May 18, 2019CA00Yes
Oct 11, 2018CA00Yes
Jun 21, 2017CA01No
Jun 17, 2017CA01Yes
Jul 21, 2016CA01Yes
Mar 6, 2016CA00Yes
Dec 18, 2015CA01Yes