Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Armor Lite Trailer

56EA53K27LA000305 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
19 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 7
First seenMay 21, 2024
TX
Last seenDec 28, 2025
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
56EA53K27LA000305
Make
Armor Lite Trailer
Model
Armor Lite Trailer
Model year
2020
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 20, 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
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
000305

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
2020

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 · May 21, 2024 – Dec 28, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 28, 2025TXII · Walk-around0JUAN MORENO 1955188CD2579/OK
Oct 16, 2025TXI · Full0JUAN MORENO 1955188CD2579/OK
Jul 18, 2025TXII · Walk-around0JUAN MORENO 1955188CD2579/OK
May 28, 2025TXII · Walk-around0JUAN MORENO 1955188CD2579/OK
Feb 24, 2025TXII · Walk-around1JUAN MORENO 1955188CD2579/OK
Nov 12, 2024TXI · Full3OOSJUAN MORENO 1955188CD2579/OK
May 21, 2024TXII · Walk-around0JUAN MORENO 1955188CD2579/OK
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
JUAN MORENO1955188May 21, 2024Dec 28, 20257TX
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.
CD2579OKJUAN MORENOMay 21, 2024Dec 28, 20257
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 20, 2026