Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2015 Fontaine Trailer Co.

57J4482C7F3572316 · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
29 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections6
of 8
First seenDec 12, 2023
TX
Last seenMay 1, 2026
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
57J4482C7F3572316
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2015
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 18, 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
57J

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
4482C

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1985 or 2015

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

North American serial sequence
572316

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
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

Prefix basis · 11 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 11 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
2015

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Not established

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 12, 2023 – May 1, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 1, 2026TXII · Walk-around2RODEO TRANSPORTATION TX CORPORATION 3446887DQ7757/OK
Dec 22, 2025TXII · Walk-around2OOSRODEO TRANSPORTATION TX CORPORATION 3446887DQ7757/OK
May 19, 2025TXIII · Driver-only2OOSRODEO TRANSPORTATION TX CORPORATION 344688782X862V/TX
May 1, 2025TXII · Walk-around3RODEO TRANSPORTATION TX CORPORATION 344688783U094N/TX
Mar 19, 2025TXII · Walk-around9OOSRODEO TRANSPORTATION TX CORPORATION 344688763V791V/TX
Sep 25, 2024TXII · Walk-around4OOSRODEO TRANSPORTATION TX CORPORATION 344688719M763M/TX
Jun 25, 2024TXII · Walk-around2OOSRODEO TRANSPORTATION TX CORPORATION 344688771N629M/TX
Dec 12, 2023TXII · Walk-around9OOSRODEO TRANSPORTATION TX CORPORATION 344688761S378M/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RODEO TRANSPORTATION TX CORPORATION3446887Dec 12, 2023May 1, 20268TX
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.
DQ7757OK2RODEO TRANSPORTATION TX CORPORATIONDec 22, 2025May 1, 20262
82X862VTX2RODEO TRANSPORTATION TX CORPORATIONMay 19, 2025May 19, 20251
83U094NTX2RODEO TRANSPORTATION TX CORPORATIONMay 1, 2025May 1, 20251
63V791VTX2RODEO TRANSPORTATION TX CORPORATIONMar 19, 2025Mar 19, 20251
19M763MTX2RODEO TRANSPORTATION TX CORPORATIONSep 25, 2024Sep 25, 20241
71N629MTX2RODEO TRANSPORTATION TX CORPORATIONJun 25, 2024Jun 25, 20241
61S378MTX2RODEO TRANSPORTATION TX CORPORATIONDec 12, 2023Dec 12, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 18, 2026