Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2023 Cal-Tex Trailers

4C9KC5333PC546490 · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
9 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 7
First seenMay 9, 2024
IA
Last seenFeb 4, 2025
MO
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4C9KC5333PC546490
Make
Cal-Tex Trailers
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2023
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 20, 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
4C9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
KC533

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1993 or 2023

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

North American serial sequence
546490

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
2023

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
CAL-TEX TRAILERS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRAILER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Not established

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · May 9, 2024 – Feb 4, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 4, 2025MOIII · Driver-only2OOSPOWER TRUCK LINES LLC 2980993249C779/TX
Dec 10, 2024TXII · Walk-around0POWER TRUCK LINES LLC 2980993249C779/TX
Oct 24, 2024NMI · Full4POWER TRUCK LINES LLC 2980993243C686/TX
Sep 16, 2024NMI · Full0POWER TRUCK LINES LLC 2980993249C779/TX
Aug 14, 2024WII · Full1POWER TRUCK LINES LLC 2980993243C686/TX
Jul 1, 2024TXI · Full4OOSPOWER TRUCK LINES LLC 2980993243C686/TX
May 9, 2024IAII · Walk-around6OOSPOWER TRUCK LINES LLC 2980993243C686/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
POWER TRUCK LINES LLC2980993May 9, 2024Feb 4, 20257TX
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.
249C779TXPOWER TRUCK LINES LLCSep 16, 2024Feb 4, 20253
243C686TXPOWER TRUCK LINES LLCMay 9, 2024Oct 24, 20244
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 20, 2026