Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Volvo Truck VNL

4V4NC9TH6GN955938 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
21 mo
Inspections11
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 11
First seenSep 1, 2023
CA
Last seenJun 8, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4V4NC9TH6GN955938
Make
Volvo Truck
Model
VNL
Model year
2016
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 17, 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
NC9TH

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

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

North American serial sequence
955938

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 · 1,914 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
VNL

Prefix basis · 1,914 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
2016

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Sep 1, 2023 – Jun 8, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 8, 2025CAI · Full4ARTPA TRANSPORT INC 3032796YP94879/CA
Nov 16, 2024CAI · Full0ARTPA TRANSPORT INC 3032796YP94879/CA
Jul 15, 2024CAI · Full3ARTPA TRANSPORT INC 3032796YP94879/CA
May 8, 2024ORIII · Driver-only2ARTPA TRANSPORT INC 3032796YP94879/CA
Apr 21, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0ARTPA TRANSPORT INC 3032796YP94879/CA
Mar 28, 2024WAIII · Driver-only2ARTPA TRANSPORT INC 3032796YP94879/CA
Feb 25, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0ARTPA TRANSPORT INC 3032796YP94879/CA
Feb 2, 2024CAII · Walk-around0ARTPA TRANSPORT INC 3032796YP9487/CA
Nov 27, 2023CAI · Full3ARTPA TRANSPORT INC 3032796YP94879/CA
Oct 13, 2023CAI · Full3ARTPA TRANSPORT INC 3032796YP94879/CA
Sep 1, 2023CAII · Walk-around1OOSARTPA TRANSPORT INC 3032796YP94879/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ARTPA TRANSPORT INC3032796Sep 1, 2023Jun 8, 202511CA
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.
YP94879CAARTPA TRANSPORT INCSep 1, 2023Jun 8, 202510
YP9487CAARTPA TRANSPORT INCFeb 2, 2024Feb 2, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 17, 2026