Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Appalachian Trailer Sales

541FC3439GM000579 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
31 mo
Inspections9
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 9
First seenDec 28, 2023
MA
Last seenJul 9, 2026
MA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
541FC3439GM000579
Make
Appalachian Trailer Sales
Model
Appalachian Trailer Sales
Model year
2016
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 11, 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
541

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
FC343

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

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

North American serial sequence
000579

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
APPALACHIAN TRAILER SALES

Prefix basis · 4 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Appalachian Trailer Sales

Prefix basis · 4 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
2016

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
APPALACHIAN TRAILER SALES

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Appalachian Trailer Sales

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Trailer

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

  • 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 · Dec 28, 2023 – Jul 9, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 9, 2026MAIII · Driver-only0VIP AUTO CARRIER INC 3345112SM49H9/MA
Apr 1, 2026MAIII · Driver-only2VIP AUTO CARRIER INC 334511249H9/MA
Dec 31, 2025MAII · Walk-around5VIP AUTO CARRIER INC 334511249H9/MA
Aug 19, 2025MAI · Full1OOSVIP AUTO CARRIER INC 334511249H9/MA
Jul 1, 2025MAII · Walk-around3VIP AUTO CARRIER INC 334511249H9/MA
Jun 3, 2025MAI · Full9OOSVIP AUTO CARRIER INC 3345112SM49H9/MA
May 15, 2025MAII · Walk-around10OOSVIP AUTO CARRIER INC 334511249H9/MA
Mar 15, 2024MAIII · Driver-only1VIP AUTO CARRIER INC 3345112SM49H9/MA
Dec 28, 2023MAIII · Driver-only4VIP AUTO CARRIER INC 334511249H9/MA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
VIP AUTO CARRIER INC3345112Dec 28, 2023Jul 9, 20269MA
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.
SM49H9MA2VIP AUTO CARRIER INCMar 15, 2024Jul 9, 20263
49H9MAVIP AUTO CARRIER INCDec 28, 2023Apr 1, 20266
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 11, 2026