Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Armor Lite Trailer

56EA53K21GA000502 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
31 mo
Inspections11
all-time
OOS inspections6
of 11
First seenAug 23, 2023
TX
Last seenMar 2, 2026
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
56EA53K21GA000502
Make
Armor Lite Trailer
Model
Armor Lite Trailer
Model year
2016
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 16, 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
56E

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
A53K2

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

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
000502

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
ARMOR LITE TRAILER

Prefix basis · 628 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Armor Lite Trailer

Prefix basis · 628 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
ARMOR LITE TRAILER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Armor Lite Trailer

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 · Aug 23, 2023 – Mar 2, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 2, 2026TXII · Walk-around2OOSASSOCIATED GROUP INVESTMENT COMPANY 1980246146B026/TX
Dec 23, 2025TXIII · Driver-only0ASSOCIATED GROUP INVESTMENT COMPANY 1980246146B026/TX
Aug 19, 2025TXII · Walk-around0ASSOCIATED GROUP INVESTMENT COMPANY 1980246146B026/TX
May 21, 2025TXII · Walk-around1ASSOCIATED GROUP INVESTMENT COMPANY 1980246146B026/TX
Apr 15, 2025TXI · Full3ASSOCIATED GROUP INVESTMENT COMPANY 1980246146B026/TX
Mar 17, 2025TXII · Walk-around2ASSOCIATED GROUP INVESTMENT COMPANY 1980246146B026/TX
Nov 14, 2024TXII · Walk-around7OOSASSOCIATED GROUP INVESTMENT COMPANY 1980246146B026/TX
Mar 14, 2024TXI · Full14OOSASSOCIATED GROUP INVESTMENT COMPANY 1980246146B026/TX
Mar 14, 2024TXI · Full14OOSASSOCIATED GROUP INVESTMENT COMPANY 1980246146B026/TX
Jan 10, 2024TXI · Full10OOSASSOCIATED GROUP INVESTMENT COMPANY 1980246146B026/TX
Aug 23, 2023TXI · Full8OOSASSOCIATED GROUP INVESTMENT COMPANY 1980246146B026/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ASSOCIATED GROUP INVESTMENT COMPANY1980246Aug 23, 2023Mar 2, 202611TX
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.
146B026TXASSOCIATED GROUP INVESTMENT COMPANYAug 23, 2023Mar 2, 202611
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026