Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Pj Trailers Company, S.a. De C.v. Channel Utility

3CVU8162XH2189698 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
12 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenMay 29, 2025
MD
Last seenMay 22, 2026
MD
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3CVU8162XH2189698
Make
Pj Trailers Company, S.a. De C.v.
Model
Channel Utility
Model year
2017
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 3, 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
3CV

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
U8162

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

Model year candidates
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
189698

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
2017

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
PJ TRAILERS COMPANY, S.A. DE C.V.

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Channel Utility

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 · May 29, 2025 – May 22, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 22, 2026MDII · Walk-around0AUI INC 20217682663195/ME
May 22, 2026MDII · Walk-around0AUI INC 20217682663195/ME
May 29, 2025MDII · Walk-around1AUI INC 20217682663195/ME
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
AUI INC2021768May 29, 2025May 22, 20263MD
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.
2663195ME2AUI INCMay 29, 2025May 22, 20263
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 3, 2026