Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2008 Cottrell C-12L

5E0AH14488G221901 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
15 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenAug 22, 2024
TN
Last seenNov 12, 2025
AR
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5E0AH14488G221901
Make
Cottrell
Model
C-12L
Model year
2008
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 1, 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
5E0

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
AH144

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
2008 or 2038

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

North American serial sequence
221901

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 · 16 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
C-12L

Prefix basis · 16 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
2008

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
COTTRELL

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
C-12L

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 · Aug 22, 2024 – Nov 12, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 12, 2025ARIII · Driver-only0MIDDLE TENNESSEE AUTO CARRIERS LLC 3585750131876T/TN
Jun 19, 2025GAIII · Driver-only1MIDDLE TENNESSEE AUTO CARRIERS LLC 3585750131876T/TN
Feb 28, 2025TNII · Walk-around0MIDDLE TENNESSEE AUTO CARRIERS LLC 3585750131876T/UK
Sep 25, 2024ARIII · Driver-only1MIDDLE TENNESSEE AUTO CARRIERS LLC 3585750131876T/TN
Aug 22, 2024TNI · Full0MIDDLE TENNESSEE AUTO CARRIERS LLC 3585750131876T/TN
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MIDDLE TENNESSEE AUTO CARRIERS LLC3585750Aug 22, 2024Nov 12, 20255TN
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.
131876TTNMIDDLE TENNESSEE AUTO CARRIERS LLCAug 22, 2024Nov 12, 20254
131876TUKMIDDLE TENNESSEE AUTO CARRIERS LLCFeb 28, 2025Feb 28, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 1, 2026