Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2027 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13N145307V1574657 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
20 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 7
First seenJan 19, 2024
NM
Last seenSep 24, 2025
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
13N145307V1574657
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
2027
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 20, 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
13N

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
14530

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1997 or 2027

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

North American serial sequence
574657

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
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

Prefix basis · 68 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 68 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
2027

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

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 · Jan 19, 2024 – Sep 24, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 24, 2025TXI · Full3CARDENAL EXPRESS SA DE CV 847349A08594B/TX
May 28, 2025TXI · Full5CARDENAL EXPRESS SA DE CV 847349A88366A/TX
Apr 30, 2025USI · Full1CARDENAL EXPRESS SA DE CV 847349A88366A/TX
Nov 21, 2024USI · Full6OOSCARDENAL EXPRESS SA DE CV 847349A88366A/TX
May 28, 2024NMIII · Driver-only0CARDENAL EXPRESS SA DE CV 847349A61450A/TX
May 14, 2024TXI · Full4OOSCARDENAL EXPRESS SA DE CV 847349A72714A/TX
Jan 19, 2024NMII · Walk-around0CARDENAL EXPRESS SA DE CV 847349A61450A/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CARDENAL EXPRESS SA DE CV847349Jan 19, 2024Sep 24, 20257CI
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.
A08594BTXCARDENAL EXPRESS SA DE CVSep 24, 2025Sep 24, 20251
A88366ATXCARDENAL EXPRESS SA DE CVNov 21, 2024May 28, 20253
A61450ATXCARDENAL EXPRESS SA DE CVJan 19, 2024May 28, 20242
A72714ATXCARDENAL EXPRESS SA DE CVMay 14, 2024May 14, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 20, 2026