Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Hyundai Steel Industries, Inc.

145C242S8JL005202 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
30 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 6
First seenJul 14, 2023
WA
Last seenJan 22, 2026
WA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
145C242S8JL005202
Make
Hyundai Steel Industries, Inc.
Model
Hyundai Steel Industries, Inc.
Model year
2018
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 9, 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
145

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
C242S

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
005202

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
HYUNDAI STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.

Prefix basis · 6 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Hyundai Steel Industries, Inc.

Prefix basis · 6 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
2018

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
HYUNDAI STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Hyundai Steel Industries, Inc.

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 14, 2023 – Jan 22, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 22, 2026WAII · Walk-around3OOSANDALE EXPRESS LLC 311576022559AH/WA
Aug 26, 2025WAI · Full1OOSANDALE EXPRESS LLC 311576022559AH/WA
Jun 23, 2025ORIII · Driver-only1ANDALE EXPRESS LLC 311576022559AH/WA
Jun 13, 2025WAIII · Driver-only1ANDALE EXPRESS LLC 311576022559AH/WA
Apr 16, 2024WAII · Walk-around0ANDALE EXPRESS LLC 311576022559AH/WA
Jul 14, 2023WAIII · Driver-only1ANDALE EXPRESS LLC 311576022559AH/WA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ANDALE EXPRESS LLC3115760Jul 14, 2023Jan 22, 20266WA
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.
22559AHWAANDALE EXPRESS LLCJul 14, 2023Jan 22, 20266
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 9, 2026