Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1997 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13N1482C5V1575559 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
20 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 6
First seenSep 15, 2023
AL
Last seenMay 16, 2025
AL
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
13N1482C5V1575559
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
1997
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
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
13N

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
1482C

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

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
575559

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 · 808 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 808 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
1997

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 15, 2023 – May 16, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 16, 2025ALIII · Driver-only0WILLIAM L YOUNG TRUCKING AND AUTOMOBILE RECYCLING LLC 158074642A24M3/AL
May 9, 2025ALII · Walk-around1WILLIAM L YOUNG TRUCKING AND AUTOMOBILE RECYCLING LLC 158074642A24M3/AL
Mar 4, 2024ALII · Walk-around1WILLIAM L YOUNG TRUCKING AND AUTOMOBILE RECYCLING LLC 158074642A24M3/AL
Dec 19, 2023ALII · Walk-around3OOSWILLIAM L YOUNG TRUCKING AND AUTOMOBILE RECYCLING LLC 158074642A24M3/AL
Dec 12, 2023ALII · Walk-around2OOSWILLIAM L YOUNG TRUCKING AND AUTOMOBILE RECYCLING LLC 158074642A0EP6/AL
Sep 15, 2023ALII · Walk-around3WILLIAM L YOUNG TRUCKING AND AUTOMOBILE RECYCLING LLC 158074642A0EP6/AL
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
WILLIAM L YOUNG TRUCKING AND AUTOMOBILE RECYCLING LLC1580746Sep 15, 2023May 16, 20256AL
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.
42A24M3ALWILLIAM L YOUNG TRUCKING AND AUTOMOBILE RECYCLING LLCDec 19, 2023May 16, 20254
42A0EP6ALWILLIAM L YOUNG TRUCKING AND AUTOMOBILE RECYCLING LLCSep 15, 2023Dec 12, 20232
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026