Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Volvo Truck VNL

4V4NC9EJ3JN998334 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
28 mo
Inspections9
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 9
First seenAug 16, 2023
OR
Last seenDec 9, 2025
WA
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4V4NC9EJ3JN998334
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
NC9EJ

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

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
998334

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 · 8,552 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
VNL

Prefix basis · 8,552 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 · Aug 16, 2023 – Dec 9, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 9, 2025WAIII · Driver-only0SUKHWINDER SINGH 3843916YP95240/CA
Sep 20, 2025CAII · Walk-around0SUKHWINDER SINGH 3843916YP95240/CA
Sep 16, 2025CAII · Walk-around0SUKHWINDER SINGH 3843916YP95240/CA
Mar 20, 2025CAII · Walk-around1SUKHWINDER SINGH 3843916YP95240/CA
Nov 10, 2024CAI · Full3SUKHWINDER SINGH 3843916YP95240/CA
Aug 16, 2024ORIII · Driver-only1SUKHWINDER SINGH 3843916YP95240/CA
Dec 20, 2023ORI · Full2SUKHWINDER SINGH 3843916YP95240/CA
Aug 31, 2023ORIII · Driver-only1SUKHWINDER SINGH 3843916YP49536/CA
Aug 16, 2023ORIII · Driver-only0SUKHWINDER SINGH 3843916YP49536/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SUKHWINDER SINGH3843916Aug 16, 2023Dec 9, 20259CA
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.
YP95240CASUKHWINDER SINGHDec 20, 2023Dec 9, 20257
YP49536CASUKHWINDER SINGHAug 16, 2023Aug 31, 20232
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026