Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2014 Hino Conventional Type Truck

5PVNJ8JP3E4S51169 · Incomplete · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
25 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 7
First seenSep 14, 2023
CA
Last seenOct 19, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5PVNJ8JP3E4S51169
Make
Hino
Model
Conventional Type Truck
Model year
2014
Body class
Incomplete
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 6: 19,501 - 26,000 lb (8,845 - 11,794 kg)
Decoded at
Jun 21, 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
5PV

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
NJ8JP

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1984 or 2014

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

North American serial sequence
S51169

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
HINO

Prefix basis · 160 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Conventional Type Truck

Prefix basis · 160 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
2014

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
HINO

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Conventional Type Truck

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Incomplete

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 6: 19,501 - 26,000 lb (8,845 - 11,794 kg)

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 · Sep 14, 2023 – Oct 19, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 19, 2025CAI · Full5OOSMETRO TOWING LLC 285269754246J3/CA
Sep 23, 2025CAIII · Driver-only2METRO TOWING LLC 285269754246J3/CA
Jul 16, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0METRO TOWING LLC 285269754246J3/CA
Jun 23, 2025CAIII · Driver-only2METRO TOWING LLC 285269754246J3/CA
May 28, 2025CAII · Walk-around1METRO TOWING LLC 285269754246J3/CA
Jul 4, 2024CAII · Walk-around3OOSMETRO TOWING LLC 285269754246J3/CA
Sep 14, 2023CAI · Full5METRO TOWING LLC 285269754246J3/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
METRO TOWING LLC2852697Sep 14, 2023Oct 19, 20257CA
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.
54246J3CAMETRO TOWING LLCSep 14, 2023Oct 19, 20257
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026