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2012 Volvo Truck VNL

4V4NC9EH6CN537418 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
16 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 7
First seenNov 25, 2023
CA
Last seenMar 21, 2025
KY
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4V4NC9EH6CN537418
Make
Volvo Truck
Model
VNL
Model year
2012
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
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
1982 or 2012

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

North American serial sequence
537418

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
2012

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Nov 25, 2023 – Mar 21, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 21, 2025KYI · Full5OOSSKYWAY TRUCK LINE INC 1324156YP66654/CA
Mar 20, 2025GAIII · Driver-only2SKYWAY TRUCK LINE INC 1324156YP66654/CA
Feb 7, 2025NMII · Walk-around0SKYWAY TRUCK LINE INC 1324156YP66654/CA
Nov 10, 2024ARIII · Driver-only0SKYWAY TRUCK LINE INC 1324156YP66654/CA
Jun 12, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0SKYWAY TRUCK LINE INC 1324156YP66654/CA
Dec 2, 2023NMIII · Driver-only0SKYWAY TRUCK LINE INC 1324156YP66654/CA
Nov 25, 2023CAIII · Driver-only2SKYWAY TRUCK LINE INC 1324156YP66654/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SKYWAY TRUCK LINE INC1324156Nov 25, 2023Mar 21, 20257CA
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.
YP66654CASKYWAY TRUCK LINE INCNov 25, 2023Mar 21, 20257
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026