Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1999 Peterbilt 378

1XPFDB9X7XN488854 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
28 mo
Inspections9
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 9
First seenSep 19, 2023
PA
Last seenJan 19, 2026
PA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1XPFDB9X7XN488854
Make
Peterbilt
Model
378
Model year
1999
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 19, 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
1XP

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
FDB9X

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1999 or 2029

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

North American serial sequence
488854

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
PETERBILT

Prefix basis · 524 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
378

Prefix basis · 524 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
1999

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
PETERBILT

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
378

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

  • 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 · Sep 19, 2023 – Jan 19, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 19, 2026PAII · Walk-around6OOSSILVER TOP INC 1599594AH57626/PA
Jan 15, 2026PAII · Walk-around3SILVER TOP INC 1599594AH57626/PA
Dec 9, 2024PAII · Walk-around6SILVER TOP INC 1599594AH57626/PA
Dec 2, 2024PAII · Walk-around3OOSSILVER TOP INC 1599594AH57626/PA
Jul 8, 2024PAIII · Driver-only0SILVER TOP INC 1599594TEMP/PA
Jun 25, 2024PAII · Walk-around4OOSSILVER TOP INC 1599594AG14678/PA
Jun 10, 2024PAII · Walk-around0SILVER TOP INC 1599594AG14678/PA
May 10, 2024PAII · Walk-around4OOSSILVER TOP INC 1599594AG14678/PA
Sep 19, 2023PAIII · Driver-only1SILVER TOP INC 1599594AG14678/PA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SILVER TOP INC1599594Sep 19, 2023Jan 19, 20269PA
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.
AH57626PASILVER TOP INCDec 2, 2024Jan 19, 20264
TEMPPASILVER TOP INCJul 8, 2024Jul 8, 20241
AG14678PASILVER TOP INCSep 19, 2023Jun 25, 20244
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 19, 2026