Carrier profile · USDOT 1797890 · MC-654128 · Updated Jul 15, 2026

TQT LLC

70 power unitsavg 4.8 yrNational · 17 statesWARREN, MI81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-654128 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkstqtllc.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 30.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 72 vehicle and 135 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 7.7 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

133 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 13

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 70-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
70
Inspections · 24 mo
135
Annualized
≈68 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

89%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
84%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
57%
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 Driving58 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 14 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

37 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
10False logs
2Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 82 total · 10 in 24 mo

82
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
28
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263123
20256124
20245015
20239059
20224004
20213023
20204004
20196155
2018100210
20176006
20167037
20155025
20145035
20125005
20112011
20102002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 11, 2026TX12Yes
Mar 1, 2026AR02Yes
Jan 16, 2026IN00Yes
Oct 22, 2025TX10No
Oct 13, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 21, 2025TX01No
Jul 3, 2025KY02Yes
Apr 1, 2025KY00Yes
Mar 15, 2025KY00Yes
Aug 20, 2024AR02Yes
Jul 22, 2024MI00Yes
Jun 28, 2024AL00Yes
Mar 27, 2024TX00Yes
Jan 29, 2024AZ00Yes
Oct 16, 2023MI00Yes
Oct 4, 2023MI00Yes
Sep 24, 2023TX01Yes
Sep 14, 2023IN04Yes
Jul 25, 2023TX00Yes
Jul 7, 2023TX02Yes
Jun 23, 2023IL01Yes
Apr 17, 2023IL02Yes
Feb 8, 2023TX00Yes
Oct 26, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 5, 2022TX00Yes