Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13N248202H1515804 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
33 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 4
First seenJul 19, 2023
NM
Last seenApr 15, 2026
NM
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
13N248202H1515804
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
24820

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

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
515804

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 · 549 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 549 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 · Jul 19, 2023 – Apr 15, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 15, 2026NMIII · Driver-only1OOSMARCO ANTONIO ALVAREZ MEDRANO 263448974UL6E/MX
Aug 25, 2024ILIII · Driver-only0MARCO ANTONIO ALVAREZ MEDRANO 26344899CD759A/MX
Aug 24, 2023NMI · Full3OOSMARCO ANTONIO ALVAREZ MEDRANO 2634489TEMP/TX
Jul 19, 2023NMII · Walk-around1OOSMARCO ANTONIO ALVAREZ MEDRANO 26344891829/MX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MARCO ANTONIO ALVAREZ MEDRANO2634489Jul 19, 2023Apr 15, 20264CI
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.
74UL6EMXMARCO ANTONIO ALVAREZ MEDRANOApr 15, 2026Apr 15, 20261
9CD759AMXMARCO ANTONIO ALVAREZ MEDRANOAug 25, 2024Aug 25, 20241
TEMPTXMARCO ANTONIO ALVAREZ MEDRANOAug 24, 2023Aug 24, 20231
1829MXMARCO ANTONIO ALVAREZ MEDRANOJul 19, 2023Jul 19, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 5, 2026