Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2024 Vanguard National Trailer Corporation (vntc)

5V8VC5328RM406909 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 6
First seenDec 18, 2023
NC
Last seenDec 16, 2025
MO
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5V8VC5328RM406909
Make
Vanguard National Trailer Corporation (vntc)
Model
VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC)
Model year
2024
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 25, 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
5V8

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
VC532

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1994 or 2024

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

North American serial sequence
406909

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
VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC)

Prefix basis · 8,513 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC)

Prefix basis · 8,513 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
2024

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC)

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Dec 18, 2023 – Dec 16, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 16, 2025MOII · Walk-around2OOSGRASSHOPPER TRANS INC 2838429916790ST/IL
Dec 3, 2025TXI · Full5OOSGRASSHOPPER TRANS INC 2838429916790ST/IL
Oct 16, 2025NMII · Walk-around0GRASSHOPPER TRANS INC 2838429906790ST/IL
Aug 19, 2025KSII · Walk-around1OOSGRASSHOPPER TRANS INC 2838429916790ST/IL
Jul 16, 2025SDIII · Driver-only0GRASSHOPPER TRANS INC 2838429916790ST/IL
Dec 18, 2023NCII · Walk-around1OOSGRASSHOPPER TRANS INC 2838429916790ST/LA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
GRASSHOPPER TRANS INC2838429Dec 18, 2023Dec 16, 20256IL
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.
916790STILGRASSHOPPER TRANS INCJul 16, 2025Dec 16, 20254
906790STILGRASSHOPPER TRANS INCOct 16, 2025Oct 16, 20251
916790STLAGRASSHOPPER TRANS INCDec 18, 2023Dec 18, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 25, 2026