Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1997 Great Dane Trailers

1GRAA5612VB080501 · Trailer · TRAILER
Everest (reefer)
Carriers run under1
22 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 5
First seenJul 25, 2023
CT
Last seenMay 22, 2025
MD
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1GRAA5612VB080501
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
1997
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
1GR

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
AA561

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
1997 or 2027

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

North American serial sequence
080501

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
GREAT DANE TRAILERS

Prefix basis · 462 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Great Dane Trailers

Prefix basis · 462 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Everest (reefer)

Sourced label · prefix basis 462 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

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
1997

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
GREAT DANE TRAILERS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Great Dane Trailers

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

  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jul 25, 2023 – May 22, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 22, 2025MDII · Walk-around0MAUMEE EXPRESS INC 3892422671182/ME
Dec 2, 2024MDII · Walk-around2OOSMAUMEE EXPRESS INC 3892422671182/ME
Mar 22, 2024MDII · Walk-around3OOSMAUMEE EXPRESS INC 3892422671182/ME
Aug 23, 2023PAI · Full5MAUMEE EXPRESS INC 3892422671182/ME
Jul 25, 2023CTII · Walk-around2OOSMAUMEE EXPRESS INC 389242267118/ME
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MAUMEE EXPRESS INC389242Jul 25, 2023May 22, 20255PA
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.
2671182MEMAUMEE EXPRESS INCAug 23, 2023May 22, 20254
267118MEMAUMEE EXPRESS INCJul 25, 2023Jul 25, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 26, 2026