Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Polar Tank Trailer

1PMA24320J1009338 · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
12 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenMay 22, 2024
WV
Last seenMay 1, 2025
PA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1PMA24320J1009338
Make
Polar Tank Trailer
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2018
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 26, 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
1PM

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
A2432

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

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
009338

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
POLAR TANK TRAILER

Prefix basis · 237 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Polar Tank Trailer

Prefix basis · 237 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
2018

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
POLAR TANK TRAILER

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

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · May 22, 2024 – May 1, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 1, 2025PAIII · Driver-only1EXPORT FUEL CO INC 462468PT548P3/PA
Dec 11, 2024PAI · Full0EXPORT FUEL CO INC 462468PT548P3/PA
May 22, 2024WVII · Walk-around0EXPORT FUEL CO INC 462468PT548P4/PA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
EXPORT FUEL CO INC462468May 22, 2024May 1, 20253PA
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.
PT548P3PAEXPORT FUEL CO INCDec 11, 2024May 1, 20252
PT548P4PAEXPORT FUEL CO INCMay 22, 2024May 22, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 26, 2026