Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Brazos

4B96D4029GG054251 · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
34 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 7
First seenAug 23, 2023
TX
Last seenJun 24, 2026
TX
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 34 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
4B96D4029GG054251
Make
Brazos
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2016
Body class
Not decoded
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
4B9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
6D402

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

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
054251

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 · Aug 23, 2023 – Jun 24, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 24, 2026TXII · Walk-around7OOSDAVID MARTINEZ 2020071263C629/TX
Aug 4, 2025TXII · Walk-around9DAVID MARTINEZ 2020071899829M/TX
May 7, 2024TXI · Full0JOCABA TRUCKING LLC 380822255N550M/TX
Apr 4, 2024TXII · Walk-around2OOSJOCABA TRUCKING LLC 3808222182C856/TX
Oct 17, 2023TXII · Walk-around4JOCABA TRUCKING LLC 380822299N255M/TX
Sep 4, 2023TXII · Walk-around1JOCABA TRUCKING LLC 380822299N255M/TX
Aug 23, 2023TXII · Walk-around1JOCABA TRUCKING LLC 380822250N242M/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
DAVID MARTINEZ2020071Aug 4, 2025Jun 24, 20262TX
JOCABA TRUCKING LLC3808222Aug 23, 2023May 7, 20245TX
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.
263C629TX2DAVID MARTINEZJun 24, 2026Jun 24, 20261
899829MTXDAVID MARTINEZAug 4, 2025Aug 4, 20251
55N550MTXJOCABA TRUCKING LLCMay 7, 2024May 7, 20241
182C856TXJOCABA TRUCKING LLCApr 4, 2024Apr 4, 20241
99N255MTXJOCABA TRUCKING LLCSep 4, 2023Oct 17, 20232
50N242MTXJOCABA TRUCKING LLCAug 23, 2023Aug 23, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 8, 2026