Carrier profile · USDOT 1005094 · MC-117433 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Pepe's Inc

DBA PEPE'S TOWING SERVICE

66 power unitsavg 7.4 yrLocal · 1 statesLOS ANGELES, CA66/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-117433 STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linkspepestowla.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 7.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 246 vehicle and 247 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.8% · 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 2.5 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

246 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 72

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
66
Inspections · 24 mo
247
Annualized
≈124 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
6%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 7 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving17 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 390.3 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)Unsafe Driving7 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 370 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 39 total · 4 in 24 mo

39
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251011
20244024
20233003
20224104
20214034
20201011
20194014
20182002
20173003
20152012
20141001
20131001
20111101
20101111
20061001
20043013
20031011
20001001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 28, 2026CA00Yes
Nov 20, 2025CA02Yes
Dec 2, 2024CA01Yes
Nov 23, 2024CA01Yes
Jun 20, 2024CA00Yes
Jun 10, 2024CA00Yes
Jun 12, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 4, 2023CA00Yes
Mar 7, 2023CA00Yes
Sep 20, 2022CA00Yes
Sep 16, 2022CA00Yes
Aug 26, 2022CA00Yes
Feb 10, 2022CA10Yes
Dec 27, 2021CA01Yes
Dec 14, 2021CA02Yes
Dec 3, 2021CA00Yes
Sep 3, 2021CA02Yes
Oct 2, 2020CA01Yes
Nov 4, 2019CA00Yes
Jul 5, 2019CA00Yes
Jun 14, 2019CA00Yes
Jan 15, 2019CA01Yes
Aug 31, 2018CA00Yes
Jul 25, 2018CA00Yes
Nov 28, 2017CA00Yes