Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2021 Volvo Truck VNR

4V4WC9EH9MN270278 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
21 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenAug 9, 2023
AL
Last seenMay 16, 2025
MO
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4V4WC9EH9MN270278
Make
Volvo Truck
Model
VNR
Model year
2021
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 16, 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
WC9EH

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1991 or 2021

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

North American serial sequence
270278

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 · 2,965 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
VNR

Prefix basis · 2,965 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
2021

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
VOLVO TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
VNR

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 9, 2023 – May 16, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 16, 2025MOIII · Driver-only4ARCTIC BEAR INC 3637760P1166779/IL
Apr 1, 2025NMI · Full0ARCTIC BEAR INC 3637760P1166779/IL
Dec 19, 2024NEIII · Driver-only0ARCTIC BEAR INC 3637760P116779/IL
Aug 9, 2023ALII · Walk-around0ARCTIC BEAR INC 3637760P1166779/IL
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ARCTIC BEAR INC3637760Aug 9, 2023May 16, 20254IL
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.
P1166779ILARCTIC BEAR INCAug 9, 2023May 16, 20253
P116779ILARCTIC BEAR INCDec 19, 2024Dec 19, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 16, 2026