Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13N1532C9J1524818 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
17 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 5
First seenJul 12, 2023
TN
Last seenDec 30, 2024
SD
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
13N1532C9J1524818
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
2018
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 4, 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
1532C

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

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
524818

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 · 1,587 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 1,587 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
2018

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jul 12, 2023 – Dec 30, 2024

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 30, 2024SDIII · Driver-only9ELTAG TRANSPORT LLC 3742344126919A/MS
May 14, 2024MDII · Walk-around3ELTAG TRANSPORT LLC 3742344126919A/MI
Sep 27, 2023MOI · Full6OOSELTAG TRANSPORT LLC 3742344126919A/MS
Sep 20, 2023SDII · Walk-around5OOSELTAG TRANSPORT LLC 3742344126919A/MS
Jul 12, 2023TNI · Full6OOSELTAG TRANSPORT LLC 3742344126919A/MS
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ELTAG TRANSPORT LLC3742344Jul 12, 2023Dec 30, 20245OH
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.
126919AMS2ELTAG TRANSPORT LLCJul 12, 2023Dec 30, 20244
126919AMI2ELTAG TRANSPORT LLCMay 14, 2024May 14, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 4, 2026