Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13N148201G1515898 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
15 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 6
First seenSep 24, 2024
TN
Last seenDec 11, 2025
FL
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
13N148201G1515898
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
2016
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 22, 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
14820

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

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

North American serial sequence
515898

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 · 5,012 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 5,012 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
2016

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 · Sep 24, 2024 – Dec 11, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 11, 2025FLIII · Driver-only1EM WAY INC 19347413032976/ME
Nov 10, 2025IAIII · Driver-only3OOSEM WAY INC 19347413032976/ME
Sep 16, 2025SDII · Walk-around2OOSEM WAY INC 19347413032976/ME
Aug 7, 2025GAII · Walk-around6OOSEM WAY INC 19347413032976/ME
Mar 31, 2025FLIII · Driver-only0EM WAY INC 19347413032976/ME
Sep 24, 2024TNI · Full1OOSEM WAY INC 19347413032976/ME
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
EM WAY INC1934741Sep 24, 2024Dec 11, 20256DE
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.
3032976MEEM WAY INCSep 24, 2024Dec 11, 20256
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 22, 2026