Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2005 West-Mark Certified Stainless Services, Inc dba West-Mark

16WTE40215A135318 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
26 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 5
First seenJun 20, 2023
NV
Last seenAug 18, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
16WTE40215A135318
Make
West-Mark
Model
Certified Stainless Services, Inc dba West-Mark
Model year
2005
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 27, 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
16W

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
TE402

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
2005 or 2035

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

North American serial sequence
135318

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
WEST-MARK

Prefix basis · 161 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Certified Stainless Services, Inc dba West-Mark

Prefix basis · 161 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
2005

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
WEST-MARK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Certified Stainless Services, Inc dba West-Mark

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 · Jun 20, 2023 – Aug 18, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 18, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0V&V HAULING INC 36443694LA6258/CA
Jan 22, 2024CAII · Walk-around1OOSV&V HAULING INC 36443694LA6258/CA
Dec 12, 2023CAII · Walk-around3OOSV&V HAULING INC 36443694LA6258/CA
Jul 6, 2023NVI · Full6OOSV&V HAULING INC 36443694LA6258/CA
Jun 20, 2023NVII · Walk-around4OOSV&V HAULING INC 36443694LA6258/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
V&V HAULING INC3644369Jun 20, 2023Aug 18, 20255CA
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.
4LA6258CAV&V HAULING INCJun 20, 2023Aug 18, 20255
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 27, 2026