Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Ram 5500

3C7WRNFL4JG173230 · Incomplete · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Cab type · Crew Cab
Carriers run under1
21 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenApr 29, 2024
FL
Last seenJan 21, 2026
FL
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3C7WRNFL4JG173230
Make
Ram
Model
5500
Model year
2018
Body class
Incomplete
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Not decoded
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
WRNFL

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
173230

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
RAM

Prefix basis · 1,227 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
5500

Prefix basis · 1,227 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
2018

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

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Not established

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 2018, 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

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Apr 29, 2024 – Jan 21, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 21, 2026FLI · Full0DONALD SMITH COMPANY INC 40244537A0MHE/AL
Jan 15, 2026FLI · Full2DONALD SMITH COMPANY INC 40244537A0MHE/AL
Apr 29, 2024FLIII · Driver-only0DONALD SMITH COMPANY INC 40244537A0MHE/AL
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
DONALD SMITH COMPANY INC402445Apr 29, 2024Jan 21, 20263AL
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.
37A0MHEALDONALD SMITH COMPANY INCApr 29, 2024Jan 21, 20263
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 3, 2026