Carrier profile · USDOT 635773 · MC-303827 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Sanchotena Express Inc

DBA SANEX INTERNATIONAL

24 power unitsavg 15.1 yrLocal · 2 statesSAN DIEGO, CA93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-303827 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkssanchotenaexpress.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 29.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 151 vehicle and 220 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 18.9 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

215 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 19

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
≈4.6 / 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
24
Inspections · 24 mo
220
Annualized
≈110 / yr
Coverage
≈4.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

29%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
88%
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 Driving91 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance72 · 25 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance56 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance52 · 29 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance45 · 12 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance44 · 13 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance32 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance23 · 3 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 7 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 12 total · 0 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20221001
20213023
20201001
20181001
20151001
20142012
20071001
20061001
20051001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 8, 2022CA00Yes
Apr 11, 2021CA00Yes
Mar 18, 2021CA01Yes
Mar 8, 2021CA01Yes
Aug 26, 2020CA00Yes
Feb 26, 2018CA00Yes
Jun 30, 2015CA00Yes
Sep 3, 2014CA01Yes
Aug 3, 2014CA00Yes
Jan 24, 2007CA00Yes
May 10, 2006CA00Yes
Jul 6, 2005CA00Yes