Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1993 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13N153208P1552463 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
10 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 6
First seenFeb 26, 2025
CO
Last seenDec 17, 2025
KY
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
13N153208P1552463
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
1993
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 22, 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
15320

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1993 or 2023

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

North American serial sequence
552463

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 · 1,231 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 1,231 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
1993

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Feb 26, 2025 – Dec 17, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 17, 2025KYIII · Driver-only4FAITH IN TRANSIT LLC 39385644VZ7999/CA
Dec 11, 2025NMIII · Driver-only0FAITH IN TRANSIT LLC 39385644VZ7999/CA
Sep 23, 2025COI · Full13OOSFAITH IN TRANSIT LLC 39385644VZ7999/CA
Sep 8, 2025PAIII · Driver-only4FAITH IN TRANSIT LLC 39385644VZ7999/CA
Sep 2, 2025LAIII · Driver-only5FAITH IN TRANSIT LLC 39385644VZ7999/CA
Feb 26, 2025COIII · Driver-only2FAITH IN TRANSIT LLC 39385644VZ7999/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
FAITH IN TRANSIT LLC3938564Feb 26, 2025Dec 17, 20256OR
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
4VZ7999CAFAITH IN TRANSIT LLCFeb 26, 2025Dec 17, 20256
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 22, 2026