AJ FREIGHT LLC
USDOT 3537076MC-Docket MC1179582GLENDALE, AZ
Review before tendering60 power units
AJ FREIGHT LLC (USDOT 3537076) in GLENDALE, AZ — 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.
- 1 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
- 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 1.12
Hours of service
No alert
measure 1.25
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.39
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 9.33
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
2
Injuries
2
Crashes
17
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
- 60
- Total drivers
- 60
- Years in business
- 6
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 1 of 2 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 11.8%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 30.8%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
- 1 (not recurring)
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-12-20
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
19
Inspections
5
OOS inspections
43
Violations
8
OOS violations
1
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-07-11 → 2026-04-19.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-01-10
AZ
1 injuredTow-away
2024-09-28
AZ
1 injuredTow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
16 | 4 | 2026-04-19 |
Hours of service 395
|
6 | 1 | 2026-04-19 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
6 | 0 | 2025-08-07 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
5 | 1 | 2026-04-19 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2024-06-17 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
1 | 0 | 2024-06-17 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-19 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2026-04-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at other than a proper connection | OOS |
| 2026-04-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Leaking hub | OOS |
| 2026-04-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wiring Systems - Bare loose dangling chafing or poorly connected wires | — |
| 2026-04-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor lower rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2026-04-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cab and Body Parts - Cab front bumper missing/not secured/protruding | — |
| 2026-04-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured | — |
| 2026-04-19 | 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 | — |
| 2026-04-19 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have a supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids suffi | — |
| 2026-02-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-02-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. | OOS |
| 2026-02-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2026-02-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2026-01-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on | OOS |
| 2026-01-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Wheel seal leaking | — |
| 2026-01-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Leaking hub | — |
| 2025-08-07 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-07-17 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-07-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2025-07-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2025-07-10 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Unlawfully parking /leaving vehicle on roadway | — |
| 2025-03-31 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2024-11-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. | — |
| 2024-11-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failing to correct the violation(s)/defect(s) noted on the roadside inspection report | — |
| 2024-11-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | OOS |
| 2024-11-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/Defective Hazard Warning Lamp | — |
| 2024-11-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Improper battery installation | — |
| 2024-11-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-10-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Disc Brake - Missing/broken component(s) | — |
| 2024-10-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor upper rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2024-10-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lubrication - Oil or grease leak | — |
| 2024-10-12 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to certify the record immediately after the final required entry has been made or corrected f | — |
| 2024-06-17 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a CDL | OOS |
| 2024-06-17 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | — |
| 2024-06-17 | Unsafe Driving | Failure to obey traffic control device | — |
| 2024-06-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-06-17 | Driver Fitness | Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on file with the state driver | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 11 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-19 10 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A4-EEUS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 203E-CBP | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H4-ELDBRODS | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22G-ELDMFV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-BAAL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSLRR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 28-WS-6 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5-HL | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPDELDT | OOS | — |
2026-02-03 4 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSI | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2026-01-07 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5-HL | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HWSL | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HWSL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLIWR | OOS | — |
2025-08-07 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS3 | — | Conviction of Original Charge |
2025-07-17 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS4 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
2025-07-10 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLUP | — | — |
2025-03-31 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2024-10-12 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSURR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BMBCAD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30B2-ELDDFC24 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-L | — | — |
2024-06-17 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 23(a)(2) | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41(a) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | — | — |
2024-02-23 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
2023-07-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
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