Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2023 Fontaine Trailer Co.

57JE55301P35A0948 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
7 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 3
First seenJul 23, 2025
MD
Last seenFeb 18, 2026
NC
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
57JE55301P35A0948
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
2023
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 9, 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
57J

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
E5530

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
1993 or 2023

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

North American serial sequence
5A0948

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
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

Prefix basis · 18 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 18 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
2023

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Trailer

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRAILER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Not established

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 · Jul 23, 2025 – Feb 18, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 18, 2026NCIII · Driver-only1MOUNTAINSIDE MOTOR FREIGHT INC 7202795411022/MD
Sep 26, 2025MDI · Full4MOUNTAINSIDE MOTOR FREIGHT INC 7202795411022/ME
Jul 23, 2025MDII · Walk-around5OOSMOUNTAINSIDE MOTOR FREIGHT INC 7202795411022/ME
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MOUNTAINSIDE MOTOR FREIGHT INC720279Jul 23, 2025Feb 18, 20263MD
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.
5411022MDMOUNTAINSIDE MOTOR FREIGHT INCFeb 18, 2026Feb 18, 20261
5411022MEMOUNTAINSIDE MOTOR FREIGHT INCJul 23, 2025Sep 26, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 9, 2026