Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1984 Hyundai Steel Industries, Inc.

145C402S5EL001679 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
7 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 2
First seenSep 7, 2025
OK
Last seenApr 22, 2026
TX
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 7 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.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
145C402S5EL001679
Make
Hyundai Steel Industries, Inc.
Model
Hyundai Steel Industries, Inc.
Model year
1984
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
145

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
C402S

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1984 or 2014

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

North American serial sequence
001679

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
HYUNDAI STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.

Prefix basis · 10 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Hyundai Steel Industries, Inc.

Prefix basis · 10 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
1984

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
HYUNDAI STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Hyundai Steel Industries, Inc.

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 · Sep 7, 2025 – Apr 22, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 22, 2026TXII · Walk-around5HOUSTON REFRIGERATED TRUCKING LLC 2546187277147C/ME
Sep 7, 2025OKIII · Driver-only1XL LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION CORP 1417760277147C/ME
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
HOUSTON REFRIGERATED TRUCKING LLC2546187Apr 22, 2026Apr 22, 20261TX
XL LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION CORP1417760Sep 7, 2025Sep 7, 20251FL
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.
277147CMEHOUSTON REFRIGERATED TRUCKING LLCApr 22, 2026Apr 22, 20261
277147CMEXL LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION CORPSep 7, 2025Sep 7, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 10, 2026