Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Volvo Truck VNL

4V4NC9EH5HN961681 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
21 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 8
First seenAug 25, 2023
MO
Last seenMay 20, 2025
OR
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4V4NC9EH5HN961681
Make
Volvo Truck
Model
VNL
Model year
2017
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
4V4

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
NC9EH

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
961681

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
VOLVO TRUCK

Prefix basis · 51,900 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
VNL

Prefix basis · 51,900 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
2017

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
VOLVO TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
VNL

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

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 25, 2023 – May 20, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 20, 2025ORI · Full0EFFICIENT TRUCKING LLC 4016646YAKM047/OR
May 16, 2025NEIII · Driver-only1EFFICIENT TRUCKING LLC 4016646YAKM047/OR
Dec 18, 2024WAIII · Driver-only1EFFICIENT TRUCKING LLC 4016646YAKB126/OR
Dec 3, 2024ORI · Full0EFFICIENT TRUCKING LLC 4016646YAKB126/OR
Jul 1, 2024WAII · Walk-around3EFFICIENT TRUCKING LLC 4016646YAKB126/OR
Dec 28, 2023ORIII · Driver-only2OOSEFFICIENT TRUCKING LLC 4016646YAKB126/OR
Dec 16, 2023WAIII · Driver-only2EFFICIENT TRUCKING LLC 4016646YAKB126/OR
Aug 25, 2023MOI · Full15EFFICIENT TRUCKING LLC 4016646YAKB126/OR
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
EFFICIENT TRUCKING LLC4016646Aug 25, 2023May 20, 20258OR
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.
YAKM047OREFFICIENT TRUCKING LLCMay 16, 2025May 20, 20252
YAKB126OREFFICIENT TRUCKING LLCAug 25, 2023Dec 18, 20246
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026