J ZAVALA TRUCKING LLC
USDOT 2448045MC-Docket MC936855MOUNT PLEASANT, TX
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J ZAVALA TRUCKING LLC (USDOT 2448045) in MOUNT PLEASANT, 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.
- 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 rates are at or below 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 5 times, most recent 2023-03-20 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- 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 5.76
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.48
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 8.22
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
20
Inspections
2
OOS inspections
5
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 5
- Total drivers
- 5
- Years in business
- 13
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 0%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 17.6%
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
- 5 times last 2023-03-20
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-11-18
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
34
Inspections
5
OOS inspections
88
Violations
8
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-07-04 → 2026-06-08.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2024-06-03
TX
1 injured
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
53 | 3 | 2026-06-08 |
Hours of service 395
|
12 | 0 | 2025-05-09 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
11 | 4 | 2025-10-07 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
11 | 1 | 2026-02-17 |
General safety regulations 390
|
1 | 0 | 2025-05-09 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-10-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable head lamps | — |
| 2025-10-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle | — |
| 2025-10-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-10-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
| 2025-10-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-10-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2025-09-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable head lamps | — |
| 2025-06-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-06-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-06-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2025-06-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 not equipped with an ABS system. System does not functio | — |
| 2025-06-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Driver - Failed to inspect /use emergency equipment | — |
| 2025-06-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-tread and/or sidewall separation | OOS |
| 2025-05-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in a major tread groove | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-ply or belt material exposed | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake system pressure loss | OOS |
| 2025-05-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Power steering violations | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks - Connection to Power Unit | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Oil and/or grease leak | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | No Lower rear retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective materials as required for vehicles manufactured after Decemb | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Side retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflector requirements for vehicles manufactured after December 1993 | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor upper body corner requirements for retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material for vehicles man | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add shipping document number | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-05-08 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-05-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in a major tread groove | — |
| 2025-05-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective brake warning device or pressure gauge | — |
| 2025-05-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor lower rear mud flaps retroreflective sheeting / reflex reflective material requirements for vehicles manuf | — |
| 2025-05-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-05-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-03-12 | Unsafe Driving | Driver- Inattentive or Distracted Driving | — |
| 2025-03-03 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving more than 11 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the current 8 consecutive day | — |
| 2025-03-03 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving beyond the 14 hour after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the curr | — |
| 2025-02-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brakes (general) Explain: | — |
| 2025-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in a major tread groove | — |
| 2025-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inadequate brakes for safe stopping - Brake Lining condition | OOS |
| 2025-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Wheel seal leaking - inner wheel | OOS |
| 2025-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on th | OOS |
| 2025-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inadequate/damaged securement device/system | — |
| 2024-11-11 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2024-09-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failing to inspect/use emergency equipment | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 23 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-06-08 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45DLUV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
2026-02-17 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
2026-01-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2025-10-07 8 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9H | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
2025-09-25 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9H | — | — |
2025-06-11 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
2025-06-06 5 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 8-D | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C1-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
2025-05-09 20 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11LR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11S | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TU | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 209E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45DLPC | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A2 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2III | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B | — | — |
2025-05-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS4 | — | Conviction of Original Charge |
2025-05-06 5 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 51 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
2025-03-12 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-INAT | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
2025-03-03 10 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
2025-02-28 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1B | — | — |
2025-01-14 8 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HWSLIW | OOS | — |
2024-11-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2024-09-27 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 8 | — | — |
2024-06-05 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9(a)(2) | OOS | — |
2024-05-14 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | — | — |
2024-05-03 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(f)(1) | — | — |
2024-02-21 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(b)(2) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205(a) | — | — |
2023-12-19 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
2023-09-12 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2023-07-04 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 203(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55(a) | — | — |
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