CHIKILIN LLC

USDOT 1842982MC-Docket MC670221HEMPSTEAD, TX
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CHIKILIN LLC (USDOT 1842982) in HEMPSTEAD, TX — 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.
  • 1 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2010-05-28 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
  • Current BIPD policy (MOTOR TRANSPORT MUTUAL RRG INC) was filed 15 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2025-08-21) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
  • 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.
  • Authority involuntarily revoked 10 times, most recent 2025-08-21 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
  • 1 other active carrier(s) operate from this exact street + ZIP. High counts are often legitimate registered-agent / virtual-office addresses — treat as context, not a verdict.
  • 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
Not applicable
Contract authority
Active

Safety & BASIC scorecard

Safety rating
Unrated

BASIC safety measures

Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 0
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.61
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.43
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 12.63

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
28
Inspections
11
OOS inspections
16
OOS violations

Insurance

BIPD on file
$750,000 below $1M baseline
Cargo insurance
No
Bond on file
No

Fleet

Power units
9
Total drivers
7
Years in business
17
Hazmat authority
No

Crash risk

Preventable crashes (24 mo)
0 of 0 total crash(es)
Recordable crash rate
0
Driver OOS rate
6.9%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
10 times last 2025-08-21
Physical address
1 other carrier(s) at this address
Federal OOS / safety action
None on file
MCS-150 self-report
2026-02-05
Insurance lapse history
1 lapse(s) most recent 2010-05-28
Last compliance review
None on file

Inspection history (all-time)

56
Inspections
18
OOS inspections
176
Violations
29
OOS violations
0
Post-accident

Record spans 2023-06-21 → 2026-04-15.

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
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
118 18 2026-04-10
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
21 4 2026-02-06
Unsafe driving 392
9 1 2026-04-10
Hours of service 395
8 2 2025-06-05
CDL standards 383
1 0 2025-12-29

Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)

Date Category Violation OOS
2026-04-10 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperable tail lamp
2026-04-10 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperable Required Lamp
2026-03-31 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperative turn signal
2026-03-31 Vehicle Maintenance Inadequate brakes for safe stopping - Brake Lining condition
2026-03-31 Vehicle Maintenance Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt
2026-03-31 Vehicle Maintenance CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear
2026-03-31 Vehicle Maintenance No or defective lighting devices or reflective material as required
2026-03-31 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperable Required Lamp
2026-03-16 Vehicle Maintenance Non-compliance with headlamp requirements
2026-02-06 Vehicle Maintenance Tire-flat and/or audible air leak OOS
2026-02-06 Vehicle Maintenance Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt
2026-02-06 Vehicle Maintenance CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear
2026-02-06 Vehicle Maintenance Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection
2026-02-06 Vehicle Maintenance Oil and/or grease leak
2026-02-06 Vehicle Maintenance No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher
2026-01-30 Vehicle Maintenance Tire-flat and/or audible air leak OOS
2026-01-30 Vehicle Maintenance Non-compliance with headlamp requirements
2026-01-30 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperative turn signal
2026-01-30 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperable Required Lamp OOS
2026-01-30 Vehicle Maintenance Defective latching fasteners - Fasteners on either side of the vehicle are missing or ineffective
2026-01-12 Vehicle Maintenance Inadequate brakes for safe stopping - Brake Lining condition OOS
2026-01-12 Vehicle Maintenance Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt
2026-01-12 Vehicle Maintenance CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear
2026-01-12 Vehicle Maintenance Hubs - Wheel seal leaking - inner wheel OOS
2026-01-12 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperable Required Lamp
2026-01-12 Vehicle Maintenance No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher
2026-01-12 Vehicle Maintenance Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories
2026-01-12 Vehicle Maintenance Damaged securement system/tiedowns
2026-01-12 Vehicle Maintenance Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers
2025-12-29 Driver Fitness License (CDL) - Operate a CMV while not in possession of a CDL on person
2025-12-29 Vehicle Maintenance Air Brake - Truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 not equipped with an ABS system. System does not functio
2025-12-29 Vehicle Maintenance Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - not readily accessible or filled
2025-12-29 Vehicle Maintenance Cargo - Damaged securement devices/tiedowns
2025-11-14 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperable Required Lamp OOS
2025-06-05 Vehicle Maintenance Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on OOS
2025-06-05 Hours-of-Service Compliance HOS (Property) - Failing to have in possession RODS for the previous seven consecutive days and available for inspection OOS
2025-06-05 Vehicle Maintenance Coupling - 20% or less of the fifth wheel fasteners on either side missing/ineffective
2025-06-05 Hours-of-Service Compliance HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information.
2025-05-29 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperable head lamps
2025-05-05 Hours-of-Service Compliance HOS (ELD) - Driver failed to review any unassigned driving time when prompted by the ELD
2025-04-11 Hours-of-Service Compliance ELD - No record of duty status (ELD Required) OOS
2025-04-11 Vehicle Maintenance Power steering violations
2025-04-11 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperable Required Lamp
2025-04-11 Vehicle Maintenance Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories
2025-04-11 Vehicle Maintenance Wheel (Mud) Flaps missing or defective
2025-02-26 Vehicle Maintenance Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection
2025-02-26 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperable Required Lamp
2025-01-08 Vehicle Maintenance Tire-cut exposing ply and/or belt material
2025-01-08 Vehicle Maintenance Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking - Connection to Power Unit OOS
2025-01-08 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperable head lamps

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.

2026-04-10 TX · Level 2 6 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9T
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9T
Unsafe driving 392 2W
Unsafe driving 392 2W
2026-03-31 TX · Level 1 6 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 11
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 47A
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 47E
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 53B
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9TS
2026-03-16 TX · Level 2 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 24A
Unsafe driving 392 2W
2026-02-06 TX · Level 2 7 viols· 2 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 47E
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 53B
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 75A3 OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 75A3 OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 95A
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 17C
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 5B
2026-01-30 TX · Level 2 5 viols· 2 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 24A
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 70B1I
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 75A3 OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9 OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9TS
2026-01-12 TX · Level 1 10 viols· 2 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 104B
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 47A OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 47E
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 53B
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 78
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 95A
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 3A1
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 5B-HWSLIW OOS
2025-12-29 LA · Level 2 4 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 95A4-EENA
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 55C1-B
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 104B-C
CDL standards 383 23A2-LCDLNP
2025-11-14 TX · Level 2 2 viols· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2RG
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9 OOS
2025-06-05 LA · Level 2 4 viols· 2 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Hours of service 395 8K2-HOSP OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9A-LSLIWR OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 70B1I-CDFWFMI-LT20
Hours of service 395 30B1-ELDDFR
2025-05-29 TX · Level 1 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9H
Unsafe driving 392 2RG
2025-05-05 LA · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Hours of service 395 32B-ELDDFR
2025-04-11 TX · Level 2 5 viols· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 209E
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9
Hours of service 395 8A-ELD OOS
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 3A1
Unsafe driving 392 2WC
2025-02-26 TX · Level 2 4 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 17C
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 17C
2024-10-24 LA · Level 1 9 viols· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 45DLPC
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 45B2UV
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 47E
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 53B
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 3A1BOS OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 47E
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 47E
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 53B
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 55E
2024-10-02 TX · Level 2 4 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 48(a)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 48(a)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 55(e)
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 5(b)
2024-09-26 TX · Level 2 3 viols· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 201(a) OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9(a)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9(a)
2024-07-30 TX · Level 1 11 viols· 3 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 45(b)(2) OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 45(b)(2)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 47(e)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 47(e)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 48(a)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 53(b)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 75(a)(3) OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9(a)
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 3(a)(1)
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 3(a)(1)
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 3(a)(1) OOS
2024-06-05 TX · Level 2 5 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 11
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 11
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 11
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 209(e)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 45(b)(2)
2024-05-09 TX · Level 2 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 60(d)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9(a)
2024-03-05 TX · Level 2 3 viols· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 110(b) OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9(a)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9(a)
2024-02-21 TX · Level 2 11 viols· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 9(a) OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 104(b)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 104(f)(3)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 11
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 19
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 60(c)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 78
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9(a)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9(a)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9(a)
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 5(b)
2024-01-29 AR · Level 1 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Hours of service 395 24(c)(2)(ii)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 95(a)
2024-01-13 TX · Level 2 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 11
Hours of service 395 24(c)(2)(iii)
2024-01-09 TX · Level 2 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 11
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9(a)
2023-12-14 TX · Level 1 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 47E
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9TS

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