Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Ram 5500

3C7WRNBL8JG279878 · Incomplete · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Cab type · Regular Cab
Carriers run under1
16 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 6
First seenDec 12, 2023
NM
Last seenApr 23, 2025
NM
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3C7WRNBL8JG279878
Make
Ram
Model
5500
Model year
2018
Body class
Incomplete
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 27, 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
3C7

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
WRNBL

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
279878

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
RAM

Prefix basis · 704 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
5500

Prefix basis · 704 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
RAM

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
5500

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Incomplete

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

VIN-level rule claims

Rules published for individual VIN positions beyond the prefix — applied with the WMI, prefix, and model-year guards each rule was validated under. Year-scoped rules were checked against model year 2018, established by the federal observation agreeing with a position-10 candidate.

Cab type
Regular Cab

Manufacturer-published position rule · WMI/prefix/year guards applied by the store.

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 · Dec 12, 2023 – Apr 23, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 23, 2025NMIII · Driver-only0VERMEER MOUNTAIN WEST INC 893438VGC0925/TX
Nov 12, 2024NMII · Walk-around0VERMEER MOUNTAIN WEST INC 893438BGC0925/TX
Sep 30, 2024NMI · Full0VERMEER MOUNTAIN WEST INC 893438VGC0925/TX
Sep 26, 2024NMI · Full0VERMEER MOUNTAIN WEST INC 893438VGC0925/TX
Jan 11, 2024NMI · Full0VERMEER MOUNTAIN WEST INC 8934389M32932/TX
Dec 12, 2023NMI · Full0VERMEER MOUNTAIN WEST INC 8934388M6521P/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
VERMEER MOUNTAIN WEST INC893438Dec 12, 2023Apr 23, 20256AZ
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.
VGC0925TXVERMEER MOUNTAIN WEST INCSep 26, 2024Apr 23, 20253
BGC0925TXVERMEER MOUNTAIN WEST INCNov 12, 2024Nov 12, 20241
9M32932TXVERMEER MOUNTAIN WEST INCJan 11, 2024Jan 11, 20241
8M6521PTXVERMEER MOUNTAIN WEST INCDec 12, 2023Dec 12, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 27, 2026