Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2025 Kenworth T480

3WK5DJ9X6SF400506 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
21 mo
Inspections9
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 9
First seenAug 23, 2024
TX
Last seenMay 21, 2026
US
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3WK5DJ9X6SF400506
Make
Kenworth
Model
T480
Model year
2025
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
3WK

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
5DJ9X

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
1995 or 2025

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

North American serial sequence
400506

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
2025

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
KENWORTH

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
T480

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

  • 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 23, 2024 – May 21, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 21, 2026USII · Walk-around4ARALO EXPRESS SA DE CV 288245480BF7B/MX
Oct 7, 2025USI · Full3ARALO EXPRESS SA DE CV 288245480BF7B/MX
Aug 20, 2025TXIII · Driver-only1ARALO EXPRESS SA DE CV 288245480BF7B/MX
May 19, 2025TXI · Full0ARALO EXPRESS SA DE CV 288245480BF7B/MX
May 2, 2025TXI · Full2OOSARALO EXPRESS SA DE CV 288245480BF7B/MX
Apr 21, 2025TXI · Full1ARALO EXPRESS SA DE CV 288245480BF7B/MX
Feb 18, 2025TXI · Full3ARALO EXPRESS SA DE CV 288245480BF7B/MX
Oct 22, 2024TXI · Full2OOSARALO EXPRESS SA DE CV 288245480BF7B/MX
Aug 23, 2024TXI · Full0ARALO EXPRESS SA DE CV 288245480BF7B/MX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ARALO EXPRESS SA DE CV2882454Aug 23, 2024May 21, 20269GJ
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.
80BF7BMXARALO EXPRESS SA DE CVAug 23, 2024May 21, 20269
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026