Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Sundowner

13SCG4838J1CA1873 · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
16 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 3
First seenFeb 13, 2025
MI
Last seenJun 17, 2026
WI
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 16 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
13SCG4838J1CA1873
Make
Sundowner
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2018
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 19, 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
13S

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
CG483

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

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
CA1873

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.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

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
SUNDOWNER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Not established

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

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Feb 13, 2025 – Jun 17, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 17, 2026WII · Full5OOSFLAGMAN AUTO TRANSPORT LLC 44863945206532/ME
Apr 16, 2026WYI · Full1GOLLA GROUP LLC 45148205206532/ME
Feb 13, 2025MIII · Walk-around3FLAGMAN CARRIER LLC 41362905206532/ME
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
FLAGMAN AUTO TRANSPORT LLC4486394Jun 17, 2026Jun 17, 20261NV
GOLLA GROUP LLC4514820Apr 16, 2026Apr 16, 20261WA
FLAGMAN CARRIER LLC4136290Feb 13, 2025Feb 13, 20251NC
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.
5206532ME2FLAGMAN AUTO TRANSPORT LLCJun 17, 2026Jun 17, 20261
5206532MEGOLLA GROUP LLCApr 16, 2026Apr 16, 20261
5206532MEFLAGMAN CARRIER LLCFeb 13, 2025Feb 13, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 19, 2026