Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2024 Armor Lite

4A9T3DE22RB178244 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
25 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 3
First seenMar 2, 2024
TX
Last seenApr 5, 2026
TX
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4A9T3DE22RB178244
Make
Armor Lite
Model
ARMOR LITE
Model year
2024
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 9, 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
4A9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
T3DE2

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
1994 or 2024

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

North American serial sequence
178244

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
ARMOR LITE

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

Model
ARMOR LITE

Prefix basis · 4 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
2024

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
ARMOR LITE

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
ARMOR LITE

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Mar 2, 2024 – Apr 5, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 5, 2026TXII · Walk-around1HONCHO ENERGY GROUP LLC 3698570273C798/TX
Jun 21, 2024TXII · Walk-around0HONCHO ENERGY GROUP LLC 3698570239B521/TX
Mar 2, 2024TXII · Walk-around1OOSHONCHO ENERGY GROUP LLC 3698570239B521/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
HONCHO ENERGY GROUP LLC3698570Mar 2, 2024Apr 5, 20263TX
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.
273C798TXHONCHO ENERGY GROUP LLCApr 5, 2026Apr 5, 20261
239B521TXHONCHO ENERGY GROUP LLCMar 2, 2024Jun 21, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 9, 2026