Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Brazos

4B96D4027GG054281 · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
9 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 4
First seenDec 15, 2024
TX
Last seenSep 3, 2025
TX
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 9 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.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4B96D4027GG054281
Make
Brazos
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2016
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 23, 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
4B9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
6D402

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

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

North American serial sequence
054281

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
2016

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
BRAZOS

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

  • 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 · Dec 15, 2024 – Sep 3, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 3, 2025TXII · Walk-around12OOSJOSE E GARCIA 205159863N333N/TX
Jun 20, 2025TXIII · Driver-only1JOSE E GARCIA 2051598NONE/TX
May 22, 2025TXII · Walk-around6OOSJOSE E GARCIA 205159819U145N/TX
Dec 15, 2024TXIII · Driver-only1STAR UNITED LLC 418513475S875M/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
JOSE E GARCIA2051598May 22, 2025Sep 3, 20253TX
STAR UNITED LLC4185134Dec 15, 2024Dec 15, 20241TX
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.
63N333NTXJOSE E GARCIASep 3, 2025Sep 3, 20251
NONETXJOSE E GARCIAJun 20, 2025Jun 20, 20251
19U145NTXJOSE E GARCIAMay 22, 2025May 22, 20251
75S875MTXSTAR UNITED LLCDec 15, 2024Dec 15, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 23, 2026