Carrier profile · USDOT 3364718 · MC-1078060 · Updated Jul 9, 2026

Gonzalez Truck Lines LLC

58 power unitsavg 12.3 yrNational · 19 statesBROWNSVILLE, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1078060 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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.

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

Vehicle OOS 32.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 12.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 190 vehicle and 227 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.4% · 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 7.2 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

222 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 16

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
≈2.0 / 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
58
Inspections · 24 mo
227
Annualized
≈114 / yr
Coverage
≈2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

55%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
95%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
93%
Driver Fitness
Alert
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
91%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance97 · 18 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance93 · 18 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance57 · 17 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance47 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance47 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance44 · 6 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving32 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance31 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance29 · 10 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 17 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

99 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

46ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
15False logs
23Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 9 total · 8 in 24 mo

9
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262011
20254024
20243013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 20, 2026LA03No
Mar 3, 2026TX00Yes
Sep 19, 2025KY00Yes
Aug 23, 2025TX02Yes
Jun 8, 2025TX03Yes
Feb 9, 2025AL00Yes
Oct 30, 2024TX01Yes
Sep 29, 2024TX00Yes
Jan 15, 2024TX00Yes