Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1995 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13N4532C9S35A4261 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
5 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 5
First seenNov 14, 2024
LA
Last seenApr 29, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
13N4532C9S35A4261
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
1995
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 26, 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
4532C

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1995 or 2025

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

North American serial sequence
5A4261

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 · 5 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 5 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
1995

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 · Nov 14, 2024 – Apr 29, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 29, 2025CAII · Walk-around2OOSTA TRANS INC 22911904WK1642/CA
Mar 8, 2025CAII · Walk-around1TA TRANS INC 22911904WK1642/CA
Feb 19, 2025COIII · Driver-only0TA TRANS INC 22911904WK1642/CA
Feb 3, 2025PAII · Walk-around0TA TRANS INC 22911904WK1642/CA
Nov 14, 2024LAII · Walk-around1TA TRANS INC 2291190DL03D25/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TA TRANS INC2291190Nov 14, 2024Apr 29, 20255IL
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.
4WK1642CATA TRANS INCFeb 3, 2025Apr 29, 20254
DL03D25CATA TRANS INCNov 14, 2024Nov 14, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 26, 2026