Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1997 Volvo Truck ACL

4V5SCBRG3VR517324 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
21 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 4
First seenSep 15, 2023
AK
Last seenJun 28, 2025
AK
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4V5SCBRG3VR517324
Make
Volvo Truck
Model
ACL
Model year
1997
Body class
Truck
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
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
4V5

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
SCBRG

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1997 or 2027

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

North American serial sequence
517324

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.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

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
1997

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
VOLVO TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
ACL

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE

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

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • 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 15, 2023 – Jun 28, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 28, 2025AKII · Walk-around1OOSTEAM HALE LLC 1664750LMB788/AK
May 15, 2025AKIII · Driver-only0TEAM HALE LLC 1664750LMB788/AK
May 13, 2024AKII · Walk-around5OOSTEAM HALE LLC 1664750KBF653/AK
Sep 15, 2023AKII · Walk-around4OOSTEAM HALE LLC 1664750KBF653/AK
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TEAM HALE LLC1664750Sep 15, 2023Jun 28, 20254AK
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.
LMB788AKTEAM HALE LLCMay 15, 2025Jun 28, 20252
KBF653AKTEAM HALE LLCSep 15, 2023May 13, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 16, 2026