Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Ram 5500

3C7WRNEL3LG143687 · Incomplete - Chassis Cab (Single Cab) · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Cab type · Crew Cab
Carriers run under0
24 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenMay 21, 2024
CA
Last seenMay 26, 2026
CA
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3C7WRNEL3LG143687
Make
Ram
Model
5500
Model year
2020
Body class
Incomplete - Chassis Cab (Single Cab)
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 5: 16,001 - 19,500 lb (7,258 - 8,845 kg)
Decoded at
Aug 3, 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
3C7

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
WRNEL

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

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
143687

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.

Temporarily unavailable

The platform resolver did not return a reliable response

Deterministic validation above is complete. Platform fields are withheld because an outage is not evidence that the VIN has no known platform.

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
RAM

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
5500

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Incomplete - Chassis Cab (Single Cab)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 5: 16,001 - 19,500 lb (7,258 - 8,845 kg)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

VIN-level rule claims

Rules published for individual VIN positions beyond the prefix — applied with the WMI, prefix, and model-year guards each rule was validated under. Year-scoped rules were checked against model year 2020, established by the federal observation agreeing with a position-10 candidate.

Cab type
Crew Cab

Manufacturer-published position rule · WMI/prefix/year guards applied by the store.

Not established

  • platform resolution (temporarily unavailable)

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · May 21, 2024 – May 26, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 26, 2026CAI · Full0USDOT 2653611 265361104524B3/CA
May 28, 2025CAI · Full0USDOT 2653611 265361104524B3/CA
May 21, 2024CAI · Full0USDOT 2653611 265361104524B3/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

0 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
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.
04524B3CAALLWAYS TOWING LLCMay 21, 2024May 26, 20263
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 3, 2026