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Merit Oil Company — compliance record

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Vetting summary

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Inspections

135 on file

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Out-of-service

Within normal range vs national averages

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Email identity

Company domain, matches website

Federal identity

Registration snapshot

Legal name

Nuckles Oil Company Inc

DBA

Merit Oil Company

Entity type

Carrier

Physical address

1800 S Riverside Ave, Colton, CA 92316

Phone

(909) 877-2651

Power units

35

Drivers

40

First on record

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Last MCS-150 filing

—

Hazmat flag

No

Operating authority

Dockets & filings

No L&I dockets on file for this DOT number.

Out-of-service rates

Driver OOS

1.5%

National average ≈ 5.9% · 135 inspections on record

Vehicle OOS

10.4%

National average ≈ 20.9% · 135 inspections on record

Email & web forensics

✓

On-file email

safety@meritoil.com — company domain

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Mail host

Enterprise (Mimecast)

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Domain match

Email domain matches the company website

From the FMCSA on-file contact, public domain registration (RDAP), and live DNS.

Crash record — last 24 months

0

Reportable crashes

0

Tow-aways

0

With injuries

0

With fatalities

Most recent: CA 11/2023 · CA 10/2022 · CA 02/2020 — from the federal crash file; recordable crashes regardless of fault.

Safety record

Inspection history

2026: 382025: 362024: 362023: 25
Level V — Vehicle-only: 68Level II — Walk-around: 40Level I — Full: 25Level III — Driver-only: 2
DateStateLevel
Jul 7, 2026CALevel II — Walk-around
Jul 3, 2026CALevel I — Full
Jun 22, 2026CALevel II — Walk-around
Jun 9, 2026CALevel II — Walk-around
Jun 8, 2026CALevel I — Full
May 20, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 20, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 20, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 20, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 20, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 20, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 20, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 20, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 20, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 5, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 5, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 5, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 5, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 5, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 5, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 5, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 5, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 5, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 4, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 4, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 4, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 4, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
May 4, 2026CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Apr 29, 2026CALevel II — Walk-around
Apr 17, 2026CALevel II — Walk-around
Apr 9, 2026CALevel III — Driver-only
Mar 31, 2026CALevel II — Walk-around
Mar 30, 2026CALevel II — Walk-around
Feb 10, 2026CALevel I — Full
Feb 9, 2026CALevel I — Full
Feb 2, 2026CALevel I — Full
Jan 27, 2026CALevel II — Walk-around
Jan 15, 2026CALevel I — Full
Dec 29, 2025CALevel I — Full
Dec 18, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Dec 8, 2025CALevel I — Full
Dec 5, 2025CALevel I — Full
Oct 13, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Sep 29, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Sep 17, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Sep 2, 2025CALevel I — Full
Aug 22, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Aug 19, 2025CALevel I — Full
Aug 5, 2025CALevel I — Full
Jul 29, 2025CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Jul 29, 2025CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Jul 29, 2025CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Jul 29, 2025CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Jul 29, 2025CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Jul 29, 2025CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Jul 29, 2025CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Jul 29, 2025CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Jul 29, 2025CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Jul 29, 2025CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Jul 29, 2025CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Jul 29, 2025CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Jul 28, 2025CALevel I — Full
Jul 9, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Jul 3, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Jun 26, 2025CALevel I — Full
Jun 4, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
May 21, 2025CALevel I — Full
Apr 29, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Apr 17, 2025CALevel I — Full
Apr 16, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Mar 19, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Feb 20, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Feb 14, 2025CALevel I — Full
Feb 3, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Dec 30, 2024CALevel II — Walk-around
Nov 14, 2024CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Nov 14, 2024CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Nov 14, 2024CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Nov 14, 2024CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Nov 14, 2024CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Nov 5, 2024CALevel II — Walk-around
Oct 30, 2024CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Oct 30, 2024CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Oct 30, 2024CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Oct 30, 2024CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Oct 30, 2024CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Oct 30, 2024CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Oct 30, 2024CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Oct 30, 2024CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Oct 30, 2024CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Aug 30, 2024CALevel I — Full
Aug 29, 2024CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Aug 29, 2024CALevel I — Full
Aug 29, 2024CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Aug 29, 2024CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Aug 29, 2024CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Aug 29, 2024CALevel V — Vehicle-only
Aug 23, 2024CALevel II — Walk-around
Aug 16, 2024CALevel II — Walk-around
Jul 23, 2024CALevel I — Full

Most recent 100 of 135 inspections on file.

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Record changes

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