CORDES INC
USDOT 289530MC-Docket MC1356163BYRON CENTER, MI
Do not tender35 power units
CORDES INC (USDOT 289530) in BYRON CENTER, MI — carries a hard disqualifier. 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.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 7 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available.
- 1 fatal crash(es) in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 1988-04-14 (S).
- 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 0.9
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.28
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 6.06
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
1
Fatalities
5
Injuries
9
Crashes
25
Inspections
5
OOS inspections
7
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 35
- Total drivers
- 24
- Years in business
- 39
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 7 of 9 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 0%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 35.7%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
- 2025-10-29
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 1988-04-14 · S
Inspection history (all-time)
46
Inspections
9
OOS inspections
119
Violations
13
OOS violations
7
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-30 → 2026-05-19.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2026-04-21
MI
Tow-away
2026-03-04
MI
1 injuredTow-away
2025-09-09
MI
1 injuredTow-away
2025-09-09
MI
Tow-away
2025-08-26
MI
1 fatal2 injuredTow-away
2025-08-08
MI
1 injuredTow-away
2025-03-19
MI
Tow-away
2025-01-23
MI
Tow-away
2025-01-02
MI
Tow-away
2024-05-31
OH
Tow-away
2024-05-24
MI
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
60 | 28 | 2026-03-04 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
52 | 0 | 2026-05-19 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
5 | 4 | 2026-03-04 |
Hours of service 395
|
2 | 0 | 2025-08-13 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. | OOS |
| 2026-03-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | OOS |
| 2026-02-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-02-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others - Exposed ply or belt material in tread or sidewall area | — |
| 2026-02-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2026-02-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-12-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. | OOS |
| 2025-10-02 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-09-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing with a bulge/swelling when air pressure is applied | OOS |
| 2025-09-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Cracked/loose/missing lining/pad | OOS |
| 2025-09-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-09-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Exhaust - Discharging at a point forward or directly below the driver or sleeper compartment | — |
| 2025-08-13 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Manner) - Driver's record of duty status not current to the time shown for last change of duty status. Date and Tim | — |
| 2025-05-06 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Manner) - Driver's record of duty status not current to the time shown for last change of duty status. Date and Tim | — |
| 2025-03-03 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-02-03 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2024-10-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2024-08-20 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2024-06-27 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2024-05-30 | Unsafe Driving | Lane Restriction violation | — |
| 2024-05-20 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-05-19 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2026-04-29 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA3 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
2026-03-04 10 viols· 2 OOSPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205A-WRCC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207A-SAPPAS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-TAOCV | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205A-WRLR | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLI | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | OOS | — |
2026-02-27 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1-TEPBM | — | — |
2026-02-12 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA2 | — | — |
2026-02-10 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
2025-12-11 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSI | OOS | — |
2025-10-02 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2025-09-30 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA3 | — | — |
2025-09-25 9 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45A-BHTBS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45A-BHTBS | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEQP | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 83G | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A-BCLMBD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A-BCLMBD | — | — |
2025-09-09 12 violsPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LHLM | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LHLM | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LFTSM | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LFTSM | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LCL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LSLM | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LSLM | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSI | — | — |
2025-09-04 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTR | — | — |
2025-08-29 7 violsPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 70C-CDTDSIL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207A-SAPPAS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207C-SBML | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1-TEPBM | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5-HL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A-BCFSBD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 71H-CDPHC | OOS | — |
2025-08-13 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8F1-HOSM | — | — |
2025-07-07 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS3 | — | Not Guilty/Dismissed |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
2025-06-19 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA2 | — | — |
2025-06-05 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
2025-05-06 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8F1-HOSM | — | — |
2025-03-19 4 violsPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LRLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LRLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLI | — | — |
2025-03-03 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2025-02-19 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS1 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
2025-02-03 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
2024-10-22 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2024-08-20 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-06-27 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
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