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2014 Volvo Truck VNL

4V4NC9EH0EN174942 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
15 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 8
First seenMar 12, 2025
US
Last seenJun 22, 2026
NM
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4V4NC9EH0EN174942
Make
Volvo Truck
Model
VNL
Model year
2014
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 27, 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
4V4

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
NC9EH

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

Model year candidates
1984 or 2014

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

North American serial sequence
174942

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
VOLVO TRUCK

Prefix basis · 51,900 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
VNL

Prefix basis · 51,900 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
2014

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
VOLVO TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
VNL

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck-Tractor

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)

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 · Mar 12, 2025 – Jun 22, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 22, 2026NMIII · Driver-only0RAMON ESPINO CASTRO 313262259ER9N/MX
Jun 16, 2026USI · Full3RAMON ESPINO CASTRO 313262259ER9N/MX
May 25, 2026USIII · Driver-only0RAMON ESPINO CASTRO 313262259ER9N/MX
Sep 26, 2025USIII · Driver-only0RAMON ESPINO CASTRO 313262259ER9N/MX
Sep 19, 2025NMIII · Driver-only0RAMON ESPINO CASTRO 313262259ER9N/MX
Sep 17, 2025NMIII · Driver-only0RAMON ESPINO CASTRO 313262259ER9N/MX
Sep 15, 2025NMIII · Driver-only0RAMON ESPINO CASTRO 313262259ER9N/MX
Mar 12, 2025USI · Full1RAMON ESPINO CASTRO 313262259ER9N/MX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RAMON ESPINO CASTRO3132622Mar 12, 2025Jun 22, 20268CI
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.
59ER9NMX1RAMON ESPINO CASTROMar 12, 2025Jun 22, 20268
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 27, 2026