Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Volvo Truck VNL

4V4NC9EH7JN995725 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
32 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 8
First seenOct 16, 2023
FL
Last seenJun 16, 2026
OH
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4V4NC9EH7JN995725
Make
Volvo Truck
Model
VNL
Model year
2018
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
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

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
995725

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
2018

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 · Oct 16, 2023 – Jun 16, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 16, 2026OHIII · Driver-only2OOSEMPIRE FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC 3648480P1177731/IL
Jun 19, 2025OHIII · Driver-only2EMPIRE FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC 3648480P1177731/IL
Mar 6, 2025KSIII · Driver-only1EMPIRE FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC 3648480P1177731/IL
Sep 3, 2024COIII · Driver-only1OOSEMPIRE FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC 3648480P1177731/IL
Aug 16, 2024NEIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC 3648480P1177731/IL
Oct 27, 2023OHII · Walk-around1OOSEMPIRE FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC 3648480P1177731/IL
Oct 25, 2023NYII · Walk-around6EMPIRE FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC 3648480P1177731/IL
Oct 16, 2023FLIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC 3648480P1177731/IL
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
EMPIRE FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC3648480Oct 16, 2023Jun 16, 20268IL
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.
P1177731IL1EMPIRE FREIGHT SYSTEMS INCOct 16, 2023Jun 16, 20268
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026