Carrier profile · USDOT 915692 · MC-396212 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Motor Car Auto Carriers Inc

45 power unitsavg 9.2 yrMulti-region · 13 statesGLENDAL, AZ87/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-396212 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

45Power units

22 observed · MCS-150

20Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.2Avg age (yr)

1999–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(303) 288-6699 Email dispatchpsmith@motorcarautocarriers.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average33.3% vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes15 crashes involving injuries are on record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 26 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2000.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo33.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

6 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo33.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

6 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

45 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9.2 yr

Model years 1999–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

25 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2000 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

27 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 33.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 27 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

33.3% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 5.6 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

27 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 3

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 45-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 45
Inspections · 24 mo: 27
Annualized: ≈14 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving50 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
396.7 Unsafe operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’24 · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Northland’06–’11

National’11–’15

Westfield’15–’18

National’18–’24

2000200720142021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 8 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Feb 2024

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Feb 2018 → Feb 2024	$1M	2
WESTFIELD INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2015 → Feb 2018	$1M	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Feb 2011 → Feb 2015	$1M	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2006 → Feb 2011	$1M	2
TRANSCONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2005 → Feb 2006	$1M	2
CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.	Feb 2004 → Mar 2005	$1M	1
FIRST FINANCIAL INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2002 → Feb 2004	$1M	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2000 → Jul 2002	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 45
Observed power (24 mo): 22
Trailers (towed): 20

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.2 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

55.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 13 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

KY busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

GLENDAL, AZ

4400 W MISSOURI AVE 351

Top corridor

KY ⇄ AZ

KY 7 · SC 3 · IN 3

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 865465 USDOT 1306068 USDOT 2586565 USDOT 248283 USDOT 91562 USDOT 2509446 USDOT 1725083 USDOT 800168

Shares a company officer with other carriers

patricia smith — 14 carriers: USDOT 284473 USDOT 846986 USDOT 1043802 USDOT 1098215 USDOT 1213375 USDOT 1231852 USDOT 3196224 USDOT 3247688

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 4400 W MISSOURI AVE 351, GLENDAL, AZ, 85301
Mailing address: 5887 E HACKLE LANE, TUCSON, AZ, 85756
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (303) 288-6699
Email: psmith@motorcarautocarriers.com
Web domain: motorcarautocarriers.com

Registration

Officers: Bruce Balsley · Patricia Smith
USDOT / docket: 915692 · MC-396212
First registered: Nov 13, 2000
Last MCS-150: Feb 23, 2026 · 4,225,254 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jun 1, 2010
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

4,225,254

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for MOTOR CAR AUTO CARRIERS INC.

MOTOR CAR AUTO CARRIERS INC (USDOT 915692) has a Vektor safety score of 87/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Feb 1, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 33.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 27 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 6 vehicle-level and 27 driver-level — across 13 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 45 power units and 47 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 23, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jun 1, 2010 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is MOTOR CAR AUTO CARRIERS INC's USDOT number?

MOTOR CAR AUTO CARRIERS INC's USDOT number is 915692, and its motor carrier number is MC-396212.

Is MOTOR CAR AUTO CARRIERS INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, MOTOR CAR AUTO CARRIERS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is MOTOR CAR AUTO CARRIERS INC's safety record?

MOTOR CAR AUTO CARRIERS INC has a 33.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 57 roadside inspections, with 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 87/100 (tier: clear).

How big is MOTOR CAR AUTO CARRIERS INC's fleet?

MOTOR CAR AUTO CARRIERS INC operates 45 power units and 47 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is MOTOR CAR AUTO CARRIERS INC based?

MOTOR CAR AUTO CARRIERS INC is based in GLENDAL, AZ, with roadside inspections recorded across 13 states.

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