Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2028 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13N148305W1579147 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
27 mo
Inspections14
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 14
First seenJul 24, 2023
US
Last seenOct 23, 2025
NM
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
13N148305W1579147
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
2028
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 16, 2026
vPIC returns make / model / year / body class / GVWR. Fields it does not resolve are shown as Not decoded rather than guessed.
Decode evidence & sources

Deterministic structure

These fields come directly from VIN positions and the published checksum calculation, with zero store IO.

World manufacturer identifier
13N

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
14830

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1998 or 2028

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
579147

Deterministic · positions 12–17 for a North American WMI.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Make
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

Prefix basis · 1,781 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 1,781 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Not established

No sourced model-line label is established.

No source established for this field.

Generation
Not established

No sourced generation label is established.

No source established for this field.

Cab type
Not established

No sourced cab label is established.

No source established for this field.

Federal observation (NHTSA vPIC)

What the federal corpus observed directly for this exact VIN — independent of, and sometimes more specific than, the prefix-level inference above.

Observed model year
2028

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Trailer

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRAILER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jul 24, 2023 – Oct 23, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 23, 2025NMIII · Driver-only0RENE BUENO CASTANEDA 31852747CR4108/MX
Sep 23, 2025NMIII · Driver-only1RENE BUENO CASTANEDA 31852747CR4108/CH
Sep 19, 2025NMIII · Driver-only0RENE BUENO CASTANEDA 31852747CR4108/CH
Sep 18, 2025NMIII · Driver-only0RENE BUENO CASTANEDA 31852747CR4108/MX
Sep 17, 2025NMIII · Driver-only0RENE BUENO CASTANEDA 31852747CR4108/CH
Sep 15, 2025NMIII · Driver-only0RENE BUENO CASTANEDA 31852747CR4108/CH
Sep 8, 2025USI · Full0RENE BUENO CASTANEDA 31852747CR4108/CI
Sep 5, 2025USI · Full2RENE BUENO CASTANEDA 31852747CR4108/CI
Jun 26, 2025USI · Full4OOSRENE BUENO CASTANEDA 31852747CR4108/CI
May 21, 2025USIII · Driver-only0RENE BUENO CASTANEDA 31852747CR4108/CI
Apr 25, 2025USIII · Driver-only1RENE BUENO CASTANEDA 31852747CR4108/CI
Apr 26, 2024USII · Walk-around0RENE BUENO CASTANEDA 31852747CR4108/MX
Aug 17, 2023USI · Full8OOSRENE BUENO CASTANEDA 31852747CR4108/CI
Jul 24, 2023USIII · Driver-only1OOSRENE BUENO CASTANEDA 31852747CR4108/CI
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RENE BUENO CASTANEDA3185274Jul 24, 2023Oct 23, 202514MC
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
7CR4108MXRENE BUENO CASTANEDAApr 26, 2024Oct 23, 20253
7CR4108CHRENE BUENO CASTANEDASep 15, 2025Sep 23, 20254
7CR4108CIRENE BUENO CASTANEDAJul 24, 2023Sep 8, 20257
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026