Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2000 Fontaine Specialized Inc

4LF4S5230Y3510414 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
25 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 5
First seenJun 15, 2023
NC
Last seenJul 2, 2025
SC
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4LF4S5230Y3510414
Make
Fontaine Specialized Inc
Model
Fontaine Specialized Inc
Model year
2000
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 30, 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
4LF

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
4S523

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

Model year candidates
2000 or 2030

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

North American serial sequence
510414

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
FONTAINE SPECIALIZED INC

Prefix basis · 7 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Specialized Inc

Prefix basis · 7 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
2000

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FONTAINE SPECIALIZED INC

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Fontaine Specialized Inc

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 · Jun 15, 2023 – Jul 2, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 2, 2025SCIII · Driver-only2CHAVEZ TRANSPORT LLC 3375112AK71676/NC
Feb 27, 2025SCIII · Driver-only1CHAVEZ TRANSPORT LLC 3375112AK71676/NC
Jan 2, 2025NCIII · Driver-only0CHAVEZ TRANSPORT LLC 3375112AK71676/NC
Dec 27, 2024SCII · Walk-around5OOSCHAVEZ TRANSPORT LLC 3375112AK71676/NC
Jun 15, 2023NCII · Walk-around0CHAVEZ TRANSPORT LLC 3375112AK71676/NC
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CHAVEZ TRANSPORT LLC3375112Jun 15, 2023Jul 2, 20255NC
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.
AK71676NCCHAVEZ TRANSPORT LLCJun 15, 2023Jul 2, 20255
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 30, 2026