Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Cottrell

5E0AZ1442GG818201 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
32 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 6
First seenSep 9, 2023
IN
Last seenMay 27, 2026
ID
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5E0AZ1442GG818201
Make
Cottrell
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2016
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
5E0

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
AZ144

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

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

North American serial sequence
818201

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
2016

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
COTTRELL

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Not established

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

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Sep 9, 2023 – May 27, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 27, 2026IDIII · Driver-only1DIESEL AUTO EXPRESS LLC 188530014574AJ/WA
Oct 7, 2025ILII · Walk-around0DIESEL AUTO EXPRESS LLC 188530014574AJ/WA
May 8, 2025WAIII · Driver-only1DIESEL AUTO EXPRESS LLC 188530014574AJ/WA
Mar 27, 2025COII · Walk-around1OOSDIESEL AUTO EXPRESS LLC 18853005862ZM/WA
Feb 20, 2025ORII · Walk-around3DIESEL AUTO EXPRESS LLC 188530014574AJ/WA
Sep 9, 2023INIII · Driver-only2DIESEL AUTO EXPRESS LLC 188530014574AJ/WA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
DIESEL AUTO EXPRESS LLC1885300Sep 9, 2023May 27, 20266WA
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.
14574AJWADIESEL AUTO EXPRESS LLCSep 9, 2023May 27, 20265
5862ZMWADIESEL AUTO EXPRESS LLCMar 27, 2025Mar 27, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 9, 2026