Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13N1532C9L1539001 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
13 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 7
First seenJun 9, 2025
CO
Last seenJul 19, 2026
SD
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
13N1532C9L1539001
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
2020
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
1532C

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
539001

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
2020

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 · Jun 9, 2025 – Jul 19, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 19, 2026SDIII · Driver-only45G EXPRESS TRUCKING LLC 3440861256B060/TX
Apr 29, 2026COI · Full25OOS5G EXPRESS TRUCKING LLC 3440861256B060/TX
Apr 24, 2026NMII · Walk-around3OOS5G EXPRESS TRUCKING LLC 3440861256B182/TX
Jan 8, 2026COIII · Driver-only05G EXPRESS TRUCKING LLC 34408612258703/TX
Sep 9, 2025TXI · Full15G EXPRESS TRUCKING LLC 3440861256B060/TX
Jun 24, 2025UTI · Full85G EXPRESS TRUCKING LLC 3440861225B703/TX
Jun 9, 2025COII · Walk-around05G EXPRESS TRUCKING LLC 3440861225B703/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
5G EXPRESS TRUCKING LLC3440861Jun 9, 2025Jul 19, 20267TX
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.
256B060TX25G EXPRESS TRUCKING LLCSep 9, 2025Jul 19, 20263
256B182TX5G EXPRESS TRUCKING LLCApr 24, 2026Apr 24, 20261
2258703TX5G EXPRESS TRUCKING LLCJan 8, 2026Jan 8, 20261
225B703TX5G EXPRESS TRUCKING LLCJun 9, 2025Jun 24, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 22, 2026