Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Kenworth W9 Series

1XKWD40XXLR964998 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
W900
Carriers run under1
19 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 7
First seenDec 20, 2023
SD
Last seenJul 29, 2025
ID
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1XKWD40XXLR964998
Make
Kenworth
Model
W9 Series
Model year
2020
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
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
1XK

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
WD40X

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
964998

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
KENWORTH

Prefix basis · 1,108 decoded VINs at 99.0% prefix purity.

Model
W9 Series

Prefix basis · 1,108 decoded VINs at 99.0% prefix purity.

Model line
W900

Sourced label · prefix basis 1,108 decoded VINs at 99.0% 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
2020

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
KENWORTH

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
W9 Series

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck-Tractor

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Dec 20, 2023 – Jul 29, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 29, 2025IDI · Full0520 TRANSPORT LTD 1604690K90517/AB
Feb 9, 2025MTIII · Driver-only0520 TRANSPORT LTD 1604690K90517/AB
Sep 6, 2024MTII · Walk-around1520 TRANSPORT LTD 1604690K90517/AB
May 15, 2024IAIII · Driver-only2520 TRANSPORT LTD 1604690K90517/AB
Feb 29, 2024MTII · Walk-around0520 TRANSPORT LTD 1604690K90517/AB
Jan 2, 2024SDIII · Driver-only0520 TRANSPORT LTD 1604690K90517/AB
Dec 20, 2023SDIII · Driver-only0520 TRANSPORT LTD 1604690K905617/AB
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
520 TRANSPORT LTD1604690Dec 20, 2023Jul 29, 20257AB
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.
K90517AB520 TRANSPORT LTDJan 2, 2024Jul 29, 20256
K905617AB520 TRANSPORT LTDDec 20, 2023Dec 20, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026