Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Fontaine Trailer Co.

57JE53306G3572852 · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
12 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 5
First seenJan 11, 2024
MO
Last seenJan 12, 2025
NE
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
57JE53306G3572852
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2016
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 14, 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
E5330

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

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
572852

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 · 30 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 30 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
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 · Jan 11, 2024 – Jan 12, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 12, 2025NEIII · Driver-only1CARDINAL TRANSPORT INC 152518TT66I73/GA
Dec 16, 2024WYII · Walk-around3OOSCARDINAL TRANSPORT INC 152518TT66I73/GA
Oct 16, 2024COIII · Driver-only1CARDINAL TRANSPORT INC 152518YJE210/GA
Sep 10, 2024NDIII · Driver-only0CARDINAL TRANSPORT INC 152518TT66173/GA
Jan 11, 2024MOII · Walk-around3OOSCARDINAL TRANSPORT INC 152518YJE210/GA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CARDINAL TRANSPORT INC152518Jan 11, 2024Jan 12, 20255IL
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.
TT66I73GACARDINAL TRANSPORT INCDec 16, 2024Jan 12, 20252
YJE210GACARDINAL TRANSPORT INCJan 11, 2024Oct 16, 20242
TT66173GACARDINAL TRANSPORT INCSep 10, 2024Sep 10, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 14, 2026