Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2012 Vantage Trailers

4E7PA4223CABA3127 · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
25 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 6
First seenDec 18, 2023
KY
Last seenJan 13, 2026
KY
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4E7PA4223CABA3127
Make
Vantage Trailers
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2012
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 10, 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
4E7

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
PA422

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1982 or 2012

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

North American serial sequence
BA3127

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
VANTAGE TRAILERS

Prefix basis · 10 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Vantage Trailers

Prefix basis · 10 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
2012

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
VANTAGE TRAILERS

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

  • 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 · Dec 18, 2023 – Jan 13, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 13, 2026KYI · Full4THE WELLS GROUP LLC 28419696560T/KY
Aug 4, 2025KYI · Full2THE WELLS GROUP LLC 28419696560T/KY
Mar 3, 2025KYII · Walk-around1OOSTHE WELLS GROUP LLC 28419696560T/KY
May 13, 2024KYII · Walk-around0THE WELLS GROUP LLC 28419696560T/KY
Jan 10, 2024KYIII · Driver-only1THE WELLS GROUP LLC 28419696560T/KY
Dec 18, 2023KYIII · Driver-only1THE WELLS GROUP LLC 28419696560T/KY
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
THE WELLS GROUP LLC284196Dec 18, 2023Jan 13, 20266KY
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
96560TKYTHE WELLS GROUP LLCDec 18, 2023Jan 13, 20266
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 10, 2026