Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13N1532C5H1517276 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
20 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 4
First seenFeb 19, 2024
TX
Last seenOct 9, 2025
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
13N1532C5H1517276
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
2017
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 5, 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
1532C

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
517276

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 · 1,587 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 1,587 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
2017

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 19, 2024 – Oct 9, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 9, 2025TXII · Walk-around7OOSRJ TRANSPORT CARRIER LLC 3070972264C154/TX
Oct 31, 2024TXII · Walk-around11OOSRJ TRANSPORT CARRIER LLC 3070972160B529/TX
Jun 7, 2024LAIII · Driver-only0RJ TRANSPORT CARRIER LLC 3070972160B529/TX
Feb 19, 2024TXII · Walk-around9OOSRJ TRANSPORT CARRIER LLC 3070972160B529/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RJ TRANSPORT CARRIER LLC3070972Feb 19, 2024Oct 9, 20254TX
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.
264C154TXRJ TRANSPORT CARRIER LLCOct 9, 2025Oct 9, 20251
160B529TXRJ TRANSPORT CARRIER LLCFeb 19, 2024Oct 31, 20243
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 5, 2026