Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Kaufman Trailers Of Nc

5VGFE4732JL007780 · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
14 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 7
First seenFeb 22, 2025
MA
Last seenApr 14, 2026
CT
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5VGFE4732JL007780
Make
Kaufman Trailers Of Nc
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2018
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 7, 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
5VG

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
FE473

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

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
007780

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.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

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
KAUFMAN TRAILERS OF NC

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

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Feb 22, 2025 – Apr 14, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 14, 2026CTI · Full2LUIS SANTIAGO 201894518H9/MA
Mar 31, 2026MAI · Full0LUIS SANTIAGO 201894518H9/MA
Feb 6, 2026NYIII · Driver-only2LUIS SANTIAGO 201894518H9/MA
Oct 21, 2025CTI · Full1LUIS SANTIAGO 201894518H9/MA
Jun 13, 2025CTI · Full7OOSLUIS SANTIAGO 201894518H9/MA
Mar 10, 2025NHIII · Driver-only1LUIS SANTIAGO 201894518H9/MA
Feb 22, 2025MAIII · Driver-only0LUIS SANTIAGO 2018945SM18H9/MA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
LUIS SANTIAGO2018945Feb 22, 2025Apr 14, 20267MA
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.
18H9MALUIS SANTIAGOMar 10, 2025Apr 14, 20266
SM18H9MALUIS SANTIAGOFeb 22, 2025Feb 22, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 7, 2026