Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Armor Lite Trailer

56EAB4J28JA000259 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
30 mo
Inspections13
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 13
First seenJun 13, 2023
TX
Last seenDec 28, 2025
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
56EAB4J28JA000259
Make
Armor Lite Trailer
Model
Armor Lite Trailer
Model year
2018
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
AB4J2

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

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
000259

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 · 20 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Armor Lite Trailer

Prefix basis · 20 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
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 · Jun 13, 2023 – Dec 28, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 28, 2025TXII · Walk-around3V FLORES TRUCKING LLC 1965150209C475/TX
Sep 29, 2025TXII · Walk-around2V FLORES TRUCKING LLC 1965150209C475/TX
Aug 26, 2025TXII · Walk-around3V FLORES TRUCKING LLC 1965150209C475/TX
Aug 11, 2025TXII · Walk-around4V FLORES TRUCKING LLC 1965150209C475/TX
Aug 1, 2025TXIII · Driver-only0V FLORES TRUCKING LLC 1965150209C475/TX
Jul 18, 2025TXII · Walk-around2V FLORES TRUCKING LLC 1965150209C475/TX
Apr 24, 2025TXII · Walk-around6OOSV FLORES TRUCKING LLC 1965150209C475/TX
Mar 14, 2025TXII · Walk-around1V FLORES TRUCKING LLC 1965150209C475/TX
Jan 2, 2025TXIII · Driver-only0V FLORES TRUCKING LLC 1965150209C475/TX
Oct 2, 2024TXII · Walk-around1V FLORES TRUCKING LLC 1965150209C475/TX
Jun 4, 2024TXII · Walk-around0V FLORES TRUCKING LLC 1965150209C475/TX
Sep 1, 2023TXII · Walk-around3OOSV FLORES TRUCKING LLC 1965150209C475/TX
Jun 13, 2023TXII · Walk-around1V FLORES TRUCKING LLC 1965150209C475/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
V FLORES TRUCKING LLC1965150Jun 13, 2023Dec 28, 202513TX
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.
209C475TXV FLORES TRUCKING LLCJun 13, 2023Dec 28, 202513
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026