Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1981 Kenworth 548CH

3BKHHM8X5BF377423 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
26 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 8
First seenAug 17, 2023
US
Last seenOct 17, 2025
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3BKHHM8X5BF377423
Make
Kenworth
Model
548CH
Model year
1981
Body class
Truck
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
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
3BK

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
HHM8X

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1981 or 2011

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

North American serial sequence
377423

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.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

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
1981

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
KENWORTH

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
548CH

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE

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

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • 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 · Aug 17, 2023 – Oct 17, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 17, 2025TXI · Full11OOSJOSE EMMANUEL RAMOS SANCHEZ 128128478AG2J/MX
Sep 27, 2025USI · Full12OOSJOSE EMMANUEL RAMOS SANCHEZ 128128478AG2J/MX
Jan 8, 2025USI · Full9OOSJOSE EMMANUEL RAMOS SANCHEZ 128128478AG2J/MX
Nov 14, 2024USII · Walk-around1JOSE EMMANUEL RAMOS SANCHEZ 128128478AG2J/MX
Sep 18, 2024TXI · Full4JOSE EMMANUEL RAMOS SANCHEZ 128128478AG2J/MX
Aug 28, 2024USI · Full7JOSE EMMANUEL RAMOS SANCHEZ 128128478AG2J/NL
Aug 28, 2024TXI · Full10JOSE EMMANUEL RAMOS SANCHEZ 128128478AG2J/MX
Aug 17, 2023USIII · Driver-only0JOSE EMMANUEL RAMOS SANCHEZ 128128478AG2J/MX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
JOSE EMMANUEL RAMOS SANCHEZ1281284Aug 17, 2023Oct 17, 20258NL
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.
78AG2JMXJOSE EMMANUEL RAMOS SANCHEZAug 17, 2023Oct 17, 20257
78AG2JNLJOSE EMMANUEL RAMOS SANCHEZAug 28, 2024Aug 28, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026