Carrier profile · USDOT 3401524 · MC-1094963 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

VALU AUTO LLC

73 power unitsavg 4.9 yrMulti-region · 10 statesOWEGO, NY81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1094963 ACTIVEHAZMAT

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 25.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 132 vehicle and 197 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

34.6% · 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 15.7 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

193 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 18

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

≈1.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 73-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 73
Inspections · 24 mo: 197
Annualized: ≈99 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

47%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

58%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

60%

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
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance44 · 18 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 7 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness11 · 6 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 8 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 3 OOS
393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 28, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues

4No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 6 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	2	1	1	2
2022	2	0	1	2
2021	2	0	1	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Oct 13, 2025	MD	0	2	Yes
Sep 8, 2025	NY	2	0	Yes
Dec 19, 2022	PA	0	0	Yes
Aug 12, 2022	NY	0	1	Yes
Dec 23, 2021	NY	0	0	Yes
Dec 17, 2021	NY	0	1	Yes