Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2012 Pj

4P5FD4029C1173995 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
16 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 5
First seenJun 14, 2023
TN
Last seenOct 2, 2024
TX
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 16 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
4P5FD4029C1173995
Make
Pj
Model
PJ
Model year
2012
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 4, 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
4P5

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
FD402

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

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
173995

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
PJ

Prefix basis · 314 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
PJ

Prefix basis · 314 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
PJ

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
PJ

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 · Jun 14, 2023 – Oct 2, 2024

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 2, 2024TXIII · Driver-only4BIG DOUBLE TRUCKING LLC 2824865057C983/TX
Sep 19, 2024TXII · Walk-around6OOSBIG DOUBLE TRUCKING LLC 2824865057C983/TX
Sep 13, 2023ALI · Full2OTR EXPRESS TRANSPORT LLC 3080814057C983/TX
Sep 8, 2023NYI · Full9OOSOTR EXPRESS TRANSPORT LLC 3080814057C983/TX
Jun 14, 2023TNI · Full0OTR EXPRESS TRANSPORT LLC 3080814057C983/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BIG DOUBLE TRUCKING LLC2824865Sep 19, 2024Oct 2, 20242TX
OTR EXPRESS TRANSPORT LLC3080814Jun 14, 2023Sep 13, 20233TX
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.
057C983TXBIG DOUBLE TRUCKING LLCSep 19, 2024Oct 2, 20242
057C983TXOTR EXPRESS TRANSPORT LLCJun 14, 2023Sep 13, 20233
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 4, 2026