Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2008 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13NE5230683546399 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
26 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 6
First seenSep 19, 2023
OH
Last seenNov 11, 2025
MS
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
13NE5230683546399
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
2008
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 21, 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
E5230

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
2008 or 2038

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

North American serial sequence
546399

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 · 43 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 43 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
2008

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 · Sep 19, 2023 – Nov 11, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 11, 2025MSIII · Driver-only0STRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLC 988981LR1522/IA
Sep 30, 2025IAIII · Driver-only2STRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLC 988981LR1522/IA
Mar 11, 2025COIII · Driver-only2STRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLC 988981DX4253/IA
Oct 4, 2024MIII · Walk-around5STRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLC 988981DX4253/IA
Dec 21, 2023ARIII · Driver-only3STRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLC 988981DX4253/IA
Sep 19, 2023OHII · Walk-around0STRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLC 988981DX4253/IA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
STRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLC988981Sep 19, 2023Nov 11, 20256IA
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.
LR1522IASTRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLCSep 30, 2025Nov 11, 20252
DX4253IASTRAITLINE TRANSPORTATION LLCSep 19, 2023Mar 11, 20254
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026