Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Hicks Manufacturing Hicks Manufacturing, LLC

1H9A26A23GM686001 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
31 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 4
First seenSep 14, 2023
LA
Last seenApr 13, 2026
LA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1H9A26A23GM686001
Make
Hicks Manufacturing
Model
Hicks Manufacturing, LLC
Model year
2016
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 5, 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
1H9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
A26A2

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

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

North American serial sequence
686001

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
2016

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
HICKS MANUFACTURING

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Hicks Manufacturing, LLC

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

  • 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 · Sep 14, 2023 – Apr 13, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 13, 2026LAI · Full15OOSJOHN H WILLIS INC 242327L879351/LA
Jun 30, 2025LAI · Full5OOSJOHN H WILLIS INC 242327L879351/LA
Jul 16, 2024LAI · Full5JOHN H WILLIS INC 242327L879351/LA
Sep 14, 2023LAI · Full4JOHN H WILLIS INC 242327L879351/LA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
JOHN H WILLIS INC242327Sep 14, 2023Apr 13, 20264LA
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.
L879351LAJOHN H WILLIS INCSep 14, 2023Apr 13, 20264
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 5, 2026