Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Utility Trailer Manufacturer

3UTVS2538L8970310 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
29 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenSep 20, 2023
IL
Last seenFeb 20, 2026
NM
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 29 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3UTVS2538L8970310
Make
Utility Trailer Manufacturer
Model
Utility Trailer Manufacturer
Model year
2020
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 8, 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
3UT

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
VS253

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
970310

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
UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER

Prefix basis · 4,264 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Utility Trailer Manufacturer

Prefix basis · 4,264 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
2020

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Utility Trailer Manufacturer

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Sep 20, 2023 – Feb 20, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 20, 2026NMIII · Driver-only0SATELITE TRANSPORTATION LLC 3898022171C486/TX
Dec 19, 2025COIII · Driver-only2SATELITE TRANSPORTATION LLC 3898022264C259/TX
Sep 20, 2023ILIII · Driver-only0LEAL & RODRIGUEZ SERVICES LLC 1846136171C486/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SATELITE TRANSPORTATION LLC3898022Dec 19, 2025Feb 20, 20262TX
LEAL & RODRIGUEZ SERVICES LLC1846136Sep 20, 2023Sep 20, 20231TX
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.
171C486TXSATELITE TRANSPORTATION LLCFeb 20, 2026Feb 20, 20261
264C259TXSATELITE TRANSPORTATION LLCDec 19, 2025Dec 19, 20251
171C486TXLEAL & RODRIGUEZ SERVICES LLCSep 20, 2023Sep 20, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 8, 2026