Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1992 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13NL3820XN1554045 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
3 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 2
First seenOct 14, 2025
TX
Last seenJan 16, 2026
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
13NL3820XN1554045
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
1992
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 10, 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
L3820

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

Model year candidates
1992 or 2022

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

North American serial sequence
554045

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 · 3 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 3 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
1992

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 · Oct 14, 2025 – Jan 16, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 16, 2026TXII · Walk-around7DBARLOW TRUCKING LLC 211574085V174W/TX
Oct 14, 2025TXII · Walk-around8OOSDBARLOW TRUCKING LLC 2115740Y90322/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
DBARLOW TRUCKING LLC2115740Oct 14, 2025Jan 16, 20262TX
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.
85V174WTXDBARLOW TRUCKING LLCJan 16, 2026Jan 16, 20261
Y90322TXDBARLOW TRUCKING LLCOct 14, 2025Oct 14, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 10, 2026