Carrier profile · USDOT 1838226 · MC-666302 · Updated Jul 12, 2026

Transportes Zuazua LLC

43 power unitsavg 16.3 yrMulti-region · 9 statesBROWNSVILLE, TX94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-666302 ACTIVE
Verified linkstransporteszuazua.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 22.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 122 vehicle and 141 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.2% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

138 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 11

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
≈1.6 / 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
43
Inspections · 24 mo
141
Annualized
≈71 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
78%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
87%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
87%
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 Maintenance82 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance58 · 12 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance58 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance54 · 13 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance33 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving22 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance22 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

37 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
6False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 12 total · 1 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20241001
20231011
20222022
20211001
20201001
20191001
20172011
20142012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 1, 2025LA03Yes
Mar 1, 2024IN00Yes
Jun 18, 2023TX01Yes
Sep 29, 2022TX06Yes
Mar 31, 2022TX01Yes
Nov 15, 2021NY00Yes
Feb 21, 2020TX00Yes
Jan 30, 2019TX00Yes
Oct 31, 2017LA01No
Aug 4, 2017TX00Yes
Oct 28, 2014TX00Yes
May 13, 2014TX03Yes