Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2014 Cottrell C-09, c-10, C-11, CX-09, CX-10, CX-11

5E0AJ1442EG546401 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
20 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenJul 11, 2023
CA
Last seenMar 19, 2025
NM
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5E0AJ1442EG546401
Make
Cottrell
Model
C-09, c-10, C-11, CX-09, CX-10, CX-11
Model year
2014
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
AJ144

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
1984 or 2014

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

North American serial sequence
546401

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-10, C-11, CX-09, CX-10, CX-11

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.

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
2014

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
COTTRELL

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
C-09, c-10, C-11, CX-09, CX-10, CX-11

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 11, 2023 – Mar 19, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 19, 2025NMIII · Driver-only0CATS INC 34919624VA5074/CA
May 8, 2024SCIII · Driver-only0CATS INC 34919624VA5074/CA
Nov 24, 2023LAII · Walk-around2CATS INC 34919624VA5074/CA
Aug 3, 2023NMII · Walk-around0CATS INC 34919624VA5074/CA
Jul 11, 2023CAIII · Driver-only1CATS INC 34919624VA5074/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CATS INC3491962Jul 11, 2023Mar 19, 20255CA
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.
4VA5074CACATS INCJul 11, 2023Mar 19, 20255
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 1, 2026