Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2022 Volvo Truck VNL

4V4NC9EH4NN288040 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
11 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 7
First seenAug 16, 2024
US
Last seenJul 1, 2025
AR
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4V4NC9EH4NN288040
Make
Volvo Truck
Model
VNL
Model year
2022
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 21, 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
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
1992 or 2022

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

North American serial sequence
288040

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
2022

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 · Aug 16, 2024 – Jul 1, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 1, 2025ARI · Full1OOSBUFFALO EXPRESS GROUP INC 1320629P1109801/IL
May 15, 2025NEI · Full1BUFFALO EXPRESS GROUP INC 1320629P 1109801/IL
Mar 24, 2025MOIII · Driver-only0BUFFALO EXPRESS GROUP INC 1320629P1109801/IL
Mar 7, 2025ILIII · Driver-only0BUFFALO EXPRESS GROUP INC 1320629P1109801/IL
Jan 22, 2025IAIII · Driver-only3BUFFALO EXPRESS GROUP INC 1320629P1109801/IL
Sep 18, 2024ILII · Walk-around0BUFFALO EXPRESS GROUP INC 1320629P1109801/IL
Aug 16, 2024USI · Full0BUFFALO EXPRESS GROUP INC 1320629P1109801/IL
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BUFFALO EXPRESS GROUP INC1320629Aug 16, 2024Jul 1, 20257IL
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.
P1109801ILBUFFALO EXPRESS GROUP INCAug 16, 2024Jul 1, 20256
P 1109801ILBUFFALO EXPRESS GROUP INCMay 15, 2025May 15, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026