Equipment unit · Public inspection records

5E0AA1442FG589301

Not yet decoded
Carriers run under2
11 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 2
First seenOct 24, 2025
MI
Last seenSep 21, 2026
MN
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 11 months
These observations show where this VIN appeared, not who owned the vehicle. Sales, leases or owner-operator moves may explain carrier changes. A shared VIN alone is not a fraud finding. Compare dates and sources in the timeline below.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

This VIN has not been decoded yet — the unit's carrier, inspection and plate history below is reconstructed from the FMCSA inspection feed regardless.

Decode evidence & sources

Deterministic structure

These fields come directly from VIN positions and the published checksum calculation, with zero store IO.

World manufacturer identifier
5E0

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
AA144

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
1985 or 2015

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

North American serial sequence
589301

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
COTTRELL

Prefix basis · 326 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
C-09, C-11, CS-10, CS-12M3, CX-09, CX-5LSCH, CX-AK7, CX-LSFA-TRI

Prefix basis · 326 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.

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 · Oct 24, 2025 – Sep 21, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 21, 2026MNIII · Driver-only0—TRANS CARGO INC 25368935601692/ME
Oct 24, 2025MIII · Walk-around1—AG QUALITY EXPRESS INC 37631967873300/CO
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TRANS CARGO INC2536893Sep 21, 2026Sep 21, 20261IL
AG QUALITY EXPRESS INC3763196Oct 24, 2025Oct 24, 20251IL
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.
5601692ME2TRANS CARGO INCSep 21, 2026 → Sep 21, 20261
7873300CO—AG QUALITY EXPRESS INCOct 24, 2025 → Oct 24, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC