Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2004 Kaufman Trailers Of Nc

15XFW53234L002907 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 8
First seenNov 15, 2023
MI
Last seenNov 19, 2025
NY
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
15XFW53234L002907
Make
Kaufman Trailers Of Nc
Model
KAUFMAN TRAILERS OF NC
Model year
2004
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 11, 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
15X

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
FW532

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
2004 or 2034

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

North American serial sequence
002907

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
KAUFMAN TRAILERS OF NC

Prefix basis · 19 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
KAUFMAN TRAILERS OF NC

Prefix basis · 19 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
2004

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
KAUFMAN TRAILERS OF NC

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
KAUFMAN TRAILERS OF NC

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 · Nov 15, 2023 – Nov 19, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 19, 2025NYIII · Driver-only1MKS TRANSPORT LLC 3790723TTQ4663/OH
Oct 6, 2025PAIII · Driver-only1MKS TRANSPORT LLC 3790723TTQ4663/OH
Nov 14, 2024OHI · Full4MKS TRANSPORT LLC 3790723TTQ4663/OH
May 3, 2024OHII · Walk-around4OOSMKS TRANSPORT LLC 3790723TQT8859/OH
Mar 6, 2024OHIII · Driver-only0MKS TRANSPORT LLC 3790723TQT8859/OH
Feb 22, 2024OHII · Walk-around0MKS TRANSPORT LLC 3790723TQT8859/OH
Jan 22, 2024OHII · Walk-around2OOSMKS TRANSPORT LLC 3790723TQT8859/OH
Nov 15, 2023MII · Full3MKS TRANSPORT LLC 3790723TQT8859/OH
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MKS TRANSPORT LLC3790723Nov 15, 2023Nov 19, 20258OH
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.
TTQ4663OHMKS TRANSPORT LLCNov 14, 2024Nov 19, 20253
TQT8859OHMKS TRANSPORT LLCNov 15, 2023May 3, 20245
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 11, 2026