Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1995 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13N448201S35A4258 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
11 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 6
First seenAug 17, 2025
CA
Last seenJul 21, 2026
WA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
13N448201S35A4258
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
1995
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 26, 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
44820

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
1995 or 2025

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

North American serial sequence
5A4258

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 · 4 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 4 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
1995

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 · Aug 17, 2025 – Jul 21, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 21, 2026WAII · Walk-around4TA TRANS INC 22911904VZ7998/CA
Jun 1, 2026AZII · Walk-around4OOSTA TRANS INC 22911904VZ7998/CA
Feb 9, 2026ARIII · Driver-only1TA TRANS INC 22911904VZ7998/CA
Dec 2, 2025TXII · Walk-around0TA TRANS INC 22911904VZ7998/CA
Oct 15, 2025MSIII · Driver-only0TA TRANS INC 22911904VZ7998/CA
Aug 17, 2025CAII · Walk-around5OOSTA TRANS INC 22911904VZ7998/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TA TRANS INC2291190Aug 17, 2025Jul 21, 20266IL
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.
4VZ7998CA2TA TRANS INCAug 17, 2025Jul 21, 20266
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 26, 2026