MV CARGO EXPRESS INC
USDOT 3456181MC-Docket MC1126674IRVINE, CA
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MV CARGO EXPRESS INC (USDOT 3456181) in IRVINE, CA — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- No preventable crashes in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0 not elevated.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 10
Hours of service
No alert
measure 5.41
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.96
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 9.91
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Crashes
19
Inspections
9
OOS inspections
14
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 1
- Total drivers
- 1
- Years in business
- 6
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 35.3%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 41.7%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- None on file
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-01-15
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
22
Inspections
9
OOS inspections
72
Violations
15
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-09-10 → 2026-05-04.
Crash history (last 24 months)
No crashes recorded in the last 24 months.
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Hours of service 395
|
26 | 7 | 2025-10-29 |
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
26 | 6 | 2025-12-31 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
6 | 0 | 2025-10-18 |
General safety regulations 390
|
5 | 0 | 2025-11-23 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
2 | 1 | 2025-09-03 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2025-10-18 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
1 | 0 | 2025-06-23 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Inoperative or missing parking brake on power unit | OOS |
| 2025-10-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-10-29 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | — |
| 2025-10-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/Defective Hazard Warning Lamp | — |
| 2025-10-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2025-10-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks - Connection to Power Unit | — |
| 2025-10-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator for towed vehicles on vehicles manufactured after February 2001 | — |
| 2025-10-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor upper body corner requirements for retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material for vehicles man | — |
| 2025-10-29 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD cannot transfer ELD records electronically | — |
| 2025-10-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-10-29 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Portable ELD not mounted in a fixed position and visible to driver | — |
| 2025-10-29 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add shipping document number | — |
| 2025-10-18 | Driver Fitness | License (CDL) - Operate a CMV and does not possess a valid CDL | OOS |
| 2025-10-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2025-10-18 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed | OOS |
| 2025-10-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | OOS |
| 2025-09-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | OOS |
| 2025-09-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Any missing. | — |
| 2025-09-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Driveline/Driveshaft - Any yoke-mounting hardware loose (with hand pressure) broken or missing | OOS |
| 2025-09-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Inoperative other than a steering axle | — |
| 2025-09-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Side marker lamp(s) missing | — |
| 2025-08-26 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving more than 11 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the current 8 consecutive day | — |
| 2025-08-26 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have in possession RODS for the previous seven consecutive days and available for inspection | OOS |
| 2025-08-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor upper rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-08-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured | — |
| 2025-08-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2025-08-21 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD - No record of duty status (ELD Required) | OOS |
| 2025-08-21 | Unsafe Driving | Failure to obey traffic control device | — |
| 2025-06-23 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving more than 11 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty at the time of inspection. Time | OOS |
| 2025-06-23 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | OOS |
| 2025-06-23 | Driver Fitness | Driver cannot satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of 391.11(b)(2) as per FMCSA Enforcement Guidance M | — |
| 2025-06-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor upper rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-06-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured | — |
| 2025-06-23 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-06-23 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information. | — |
| 2025-05-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV not equipped with ABS malfunction circuit or signal (Truck-Tractor mfg on/after 3/1/1997; Straight Truck mfg on/afte | — |
| 2025-05-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-05-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD - No record of duty status (ELD Required) | OOS |
| 2025-03-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor upper rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-03-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2025-02-28 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information. | — |
| 2024-12-03 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2024-11-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-11-08 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2024-09-20 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | OOS |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 16 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2025-12-31 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 41-BNPB | OOS | — |
2025-11-23 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB1-MC | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB2-DOT | — | — |
2025-10-29 15 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TU | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 19 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45DLPC | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D3 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22G | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2III | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24D | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | — | — |
2025-10-18 8 viols· 4 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8A1-HOSP | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEQP | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLED | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2-LCDLN | OOS | — |
2025-09-03 7 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LSLM | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BIBD | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1DLDSYEL | OOS | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 3E3-MC | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LSML | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 3E3-MC | — | — |
2025-08-26 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSURR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A4-EEUS | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8K2-HOSP | OOS | — |
2025-08-21 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8A-ELD | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2C | — | — |
2025-06-23 14 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11B2-Q | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSURR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A4-EEUS | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1-ELDDFR | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A3I-HOSPDIT | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | OOS | — |
2025-05-22 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D1 | — | — |
2025-05-10 2 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8A-ELD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
2025-03-20 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSURR | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TC-MC | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
2025-02-28 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1-ELDDFR | — | — |
2024-12-03 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
2024-09-20 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | — | — |
2023-11-14 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
2023-09-10 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
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