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Company CheckHOUSTON AUTO CARRIER INC · DOT 2084675

DBA: HOUSTON AUTO CARRIER

14300 MINES RD, LAREDO, TX, 78045

DOT# 2084675 MC# 1416272 Laredo, Texas

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Apr 1, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Apr 1, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Jan 9, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Dec 9, 2025
Roadside inspection, 3 out-of-service violations.
Nov 14, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Mar 24, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

Phone(832) 855-2358

Email[email protected]

Physical Address14300 MINES RD, LAREDO, TX, 78045

Mailing Address13601 LUTHE RD, HOUSTON, TX, 77039

Other Companies at This Address

Address14300 MINES RD, LAREDO, TX 78045

Others here

Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
HOUSTON AUTO CARRIER INC this company	2084675	(832) 855-2358	Active
KARGO EXPRESS LLC	4458815	(956) 763-0223	Active
R&B AUTO TRANSPORT LLC	4116136	(832) 267-3805	Active
RENE BENITEZ	2350772	—	Active
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PROYECCION IMPEX INC	2516475	(956) 337-0302	Inactive

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationC - Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)

CommonN/A

ContractN/A

BrokerN/A

Company Overview

HOUSTON AUTO CARRIER INC is a FMCSA-validated motor carrier based in Laredo, Texas. The fleet consists of 5 power units and 6 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 100,000 miles (2023). 1 crash has been reported with no fatalities. A total of 12 inspections are on file. Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates exceed the national average, which may indicate compliance concerns. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, HOUSTON AUTO CARRIER INC has a Trust Score of 84/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

Mileage

Annual Mileage100,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatYes

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS33.3% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS83.3% avg 20.7%

Insurance

AmountNot reported

Type-

Effective-

Company-

Policy #-

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeMotor Carrier

Fleet5 units

Drivers6

Mileage100,000 mi

MCS-15010/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total6

Out of Service2

OOS Rate33.3%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total6

Out of Service5

OOS Rate83.3%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

1 · 1 OOS —

2024

1 · 0 OOS ▼

2025

4 · 3 OOS ▲

2026

2 · 2 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

0 crashes —

2024

0 crashes =

2025

1 crash ▲

2026

0 crashes ▼

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Apr 2026 — 6 inspections, 5 resulted in out-of-service (83.3% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 9 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score — older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
03/24/2025	ARLINGTON	TX	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

47 roadside violations across 6 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 35 violations · 9 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 6 violations · 2 OOS

Unsafe Driving 6 violations · 1 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results — not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (8)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
04/01/2026 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	LAT:31¿¿31'24.78"N	15	2	5	1	10	1	-
Violations (15) 393.47E — CFR 393.47E Non-OOS 393.53B — CFR 393.53B Non-OOS 393.60C — CFR 393.60C Non-OOS 393.9T — CFR 393.9T Non-OOS 393.9TS — CFR 393.9TS Non-OOS 395.22H1 — CFR 395.22H1 Non-OOS 395.22H2 — CFR 395.22H2 Non-OOS 395.22H3 — CFR 395.22H3 Non-OOS 395.22H4 — CFR 395.22H4 Non-OOS 395.8A-ELD — CFR 395.8A-ELD OOS 396.3A1 — CFR 396.3A1 Non-OOS 396.3A1BL — CFR 396.3A1BL OOS 396.5B — CFR 396.5B Non-OOS 392.2RG — CFR 392.2RG Non-OOS 392.2RG — CFR 392.2RG Non-OOS
01/09/2026 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	218M IH45 SB	3	2	0	0	3	2	-
Violations (3) 393.45DLPC — CFR 393.45DLPC Non-OOS 393.9TS — CFR 393.9TS OOS 396.3A1BL — CFR 396.3A1BL OOS
12/09/2025 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH45 SB CENTERVILLE SCALE	10	3	2	2	8	1	-
Violations (10) 392.9A2-C — CFR 392.9A2-C OOS 393.11TL — CFR 393.11TL Non-OOS 393.11TU — CFR 393.11TU Non-OOS 393.209E — CFR 393.209E OOS 393.55C1 — CFR 393.55C1 Non-OOS 393.9 — CFR 393.9 Non-OOS 393.95A — CFR 393.95A Non-OOS 395.8A-ELD — CFR 395.8A-ELD OOS 396.5B — CFR 396.5B Non-OOS 392.2RG — CFR 392.2RG Non-OOS
11/14/2025 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	14025 IH45 NB SVC RD	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Violations (1) 393.9 — CFR 393.9 Non-OOS
09/30/2025 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	SH-0225 IN HARRIS CO. (686-700	8	2	0	0	8	2	-
Violations (8) 393.95B — CFR 393.95B Non-OOS 393.78 — CFR 393.78 Non-OOS 393.55D1 — CFR 393.55D1 OOS 393.9TS — CFR 393.9TS Non-OOS 393.9H — CFR 393.9H Non-OOS 393.19 — CFR 393.19 Non-OOS 393.43A — CFR 393.43A OOS 396.3A1 — CFR 396.3A1 Non-OOS
06/04/2025 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH10 WB KINGSBURY SCALE	10	3	0	0	10	3	-
Violations (10) 393.11LR — CFR 393.11LR Non-OOS 393.11S — CFR 393.11S Non-OOS 393.11TU — CFR 393.11TU Non-OOS 393.78 — CFR 393.78 Non-OOS 393.9 — CFR 393.9 OOS 393.9TS — CFR 393.9TS OOS 396.17C — CFR 396.17C Non-OOS 396.3A1-TC — CFR 396.3A1-TC OOS 392.2RG — CFR 392.2RG Non-OOS 392.2RG — CFR 392.2RG Non-OOS
04/25/2024	TX	Special (Level IV)	IH-0045 IN HARRIS CO. (24-72)	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
08/01/2023 ▼	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	LAT:31 16' 42.3N	3	1	0	0	3	1	-
Violations (3) 393.78 — CFR 393.78 Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) OOS

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

No authority history.

No revocation records.

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84/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown — from 100 to 84

Starts at 100−16 totalFinal 84

Driver out-of-service rate above national average−5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

Operating history unknown−3

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−3

Verification — 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Operating authority N/A

Not required for private carriers — a private carrier hauls its own goods and needs no for-hire operating authority (no MC number) under FMCSA.

Insurance on file with FMCSA

Active for-hire authority on file — FMCSA requires insurance to keep it active.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 33.3333% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 83.3333% vs national avg 20.72%.

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

-3

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 5 vehicles (~0.2 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands — risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−3 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 5 vehicles (~0.2 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 33.3333% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 83.3333% vs national avg 20.72%.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back — the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A — not required — never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty — we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark — for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference — the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers) knockout	−10
Crashes — rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (8)

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