Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Western Star 4900

5KJJAEFG7LPLX2355 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
26 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 4
First seenSep 14, 2023
AL
Last seenNov 19, 2025
ME
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5KJJAEFG7LPLX2355
Make
Western Star
Model
4900
Model year
2020
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 17, 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
5KJ

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
JAEFG

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
LX2355

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 STAR

Prefix basis · 23 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
4900

Prefix basis · 23 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
WESTERN STAR

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
4900

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck-Tractor

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Sep 14, 2023 – Nov 19, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 19, 2025MEI · Full0MCCONCHIE TRUCKING LTD 853286PUO041/NB
Jul 16, 2024MEII · Walk-around2MCCONCHIE TRUCKING LTD 853286PUO041/NB
Oct 17, 2023ARII · Walk-around2OOSMCCONCHIE TRUCKING LTD 853286PUO041/NB
Sep 14, 2023ALIII · Driver-only0MCCONCHIE TRUCKING LTD 853286PUO041/NB
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MCCONCHIE TRUCKING LTD853286Sep 14, 2023Nov 19, 20254NB
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
PUO041NBMCCONCHIE TRUCKING LTDSep 14, 2023Nov 19, 20254
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 17, 2026