DHC EXPRESS LLC
USDOT 3332495MC-Docket MC1062215SAN BENITO, TX
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DHC EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 3332495) in SAN BENITO, 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 2024-07-11 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- Current BIPD policy (HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY) was filed 3 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2025-09-12) — 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.
- 2 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 3.85.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 5 times, most recent 2025-09-12 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA mail to the carrier's physical address was returned undeliverable — the location may not be real (shell-carrier indicator).
- 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 13.75
Hours of service
No alert
measure 2.46
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0.48
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 9.42
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
2
Crashes
22
Inspections
7
OOS inspections
12
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 4
- Total drivers
- 13
- Years in business
- 7
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 2 of 2 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 3.85
- Driver OOS rate
- 18.2%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 26.7%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
- 5 times last 2025-09-12
- Physical address
- Undeliverable
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-05-15
- Insurance lapse history
- 1 lapse(s) most recent 2024-07-11
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
26
Inspections
10
OOS inspections
95
Violations
20
OOS violations
1
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-08-02 → 2026-03-09.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2026-02-18
GA
Tow-away
2025-06-07
LA
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
54 | 10 | 2026-03-09 |
Hours of service 395
|
16 | 4 | 2026-03-09 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
16 | 3 | 2026-02-18 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
6 | 3 | 2026-03-09 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2023-08-22 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2026-03-09 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failed to note the malfunction of the ELD and provide written notice of the malfunction to the motor | — |
| 2026-03-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2026-03-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Clearance lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2026-03-09 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2026-02-18 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failure to maintain lane | — |
| 2026-02-18 | Controlled Substances/​Alcohol | Intoxicating - No driver shall use alcohol be under the influence of alcohol or have any measured alcohol concentration | OOS |
| 2026-02-18 | Controlled Substances/​Alcohol | Intoxicating - No driver shall be on duty or operate a commercial motor vehicle while the driver possesses an intoxicati | OOS |
| 2026-01-18 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Drivers record of duty status not current | — |
| 2026-01-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Improper battery installation | — |
| 2026-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2026-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2026-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2026-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lubrication - Oil or grease leak | — |
| 2026-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination | OOS |
| 2026-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2026-01-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2026-01-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | OOS |
| 2026-01-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Improper battery installation | — |
| 2026-01-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cab/body parts requirements violations | — |
| 2026-01-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2026-01-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable tail lamp | OOS |
| 2026-01-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD - No record of duty status (ELD Required) | OOS |
| 2026-01-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - oil and/or Grease Leaking from hub - outer wheel | OOS |
| 2026-01-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2026-01-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2025-12-31 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD - No record of duty status (ELD Required) | OOS |
| 2025-12-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-12-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 1/32 inch tread depth at 3 locations/2 adjacent tread grooves | OOS |
| 2025-11-04 | Unsafe Driving | Driver- Inattentive or Distracted Driving | — |
| 2025-11-04 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failure to maintain lane | — |
| 2025-11-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - A portable ELD is not mounted in a fixed position and visible to the driver when seated in the normal drivin | — |
| 2025-10-02 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Following too closely | — |
| 2025-10-02 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Form) - Paper Log/Logging Programs Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-05-28 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | OOS |
| 2025-05-28 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD cannot transfer ELD records electronically | — |
| 2025-05-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2025-05-28 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Record of Duty Status violation (general/form and manner) | — |
| 2025-04-26 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Drivers record of duty status not current | — |
| 2025-03-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-03-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV other than truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1998 not equipped with an antilock brake syste | — |
| 2025-03-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor lower rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-03-17 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Drivers record of duty status not current | — |
| 2025-03-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle | — |
| 2024-12-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable tail lamp | — |
| 2024-12-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2024-12-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/Defective Hazard Warning Lamp | — |
| 2024-12-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2024-12-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-06-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 22 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-03-09 6 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LCL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 34A1-ELDDFN | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
2026-02-18 9 viols· 2 OOSPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 5A2-IP | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLML | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 203C-CBP | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 203E-CBP | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LFTSM | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LHLM | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 5A3-IDUI | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
2026-01-18 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 30 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8F01 | — | — |
2026-01-14 9 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-L | — | — |
2026-01-12 7 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 203 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 30 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2W | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2W | — | — |
2026-01-10 7 viols· 4 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9T | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A-ELD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HLOW | OOS | — |
2025-12-31 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8A-ELD | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2025-12-17 5 viols· 5 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 | OOS | — |
2025-11-04 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLML | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-INAT | — | — |
2025-11-01 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 22G-ELDMFV | — | — |
2025-10-02 5 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLFC | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
2025-09-07 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA2 | — | — |
2025-05-28 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24D | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2025-04-26 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8F01 | — | — |
2025-03-26 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSLRR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C2-B | — | — |
2025-03-17 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8(f)(1) | — | — |
2025-03-07 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | — | — |
2024-12-11 6 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 19 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9T | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2024-06-07 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60(d) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
2023-11-02 3 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9a(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2023-08-23 9 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48(a) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | OOS | — |
2023-08-22 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 23(a)(2) | OOS | — |
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