Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Western Trailer Company

5DN144823JB000593 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
13 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 8
First seenMay 30, 2024
CA
Last seenJun 18, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5DN144823JB000593
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2018
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 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
5DN

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
14482

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

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
000593

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
WESTERN TRAILER COMPANY

Prefix basis · 133 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Western Trailer Company

Prefix basis · 133 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
WESTERN TRAILER COMPANY

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Western Trailer Company

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 30, 2024 – Jun 18, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 18, 2025CAII · Walk-around0MANUEL FUENTES 31715064TA4103/CA
Jun 13, 2025CAII · Walk-around1OOSMANUEL FUENTES 31715064TA4103/CA
Jun 3, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0MANUEL FUENTES 31715064TA4103/CA
Nov 18, 2024CAIII · Driver-only1MANUEL FUENTES 31715064TA4103/CA
Sep 18, 2024CAI · Full2OOSMANUEL FUENTES 31715064TA4103/CA
Sep 5, 2024CAII · Walk-around3MANUEL FUENTES 31715064TA4103/CA
Aug 22, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0MANUEL FUENTES 31715064TA4103/CA
May 30, 2024CAII · Walk-around1MANUEL FUENTES 31715064TA4103/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MANUEL FUENTES3171506May 30, 2024Jun 18, 20258CA
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.
4TA4103CAMANUEL FUENTESMay 30, 2024Jun 18, 20258
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 18, 2026