Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2013 Western Star 4900

5KJJALDR5DPBT6865 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
4 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 4
First seenSep 12, 2024
GA
Last seenJan 30, 2025
MI
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5KJJALDR5DPBT6865
Make
Western Star
Model
4900
Model year
2013
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 17, 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
5KJ

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
JALDR

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1983 or 2013

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

North American serial sequence
BT6865

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
WESTERN STAR

Prefix basis · 56 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
4900

Prefix basis · 56 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
2013

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
WESTERN STAR

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
4900

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck-Tractor

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)

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 · Sep 12, 2024 – Jan 30, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 30, 2025MIII · Walk-around5OOSUNITED TRANS LOGISTICS INC 2537835P1244925/IL
Dec 9, 2024NEIII · Driver-only0UNITED TRANS LOGISTICS INC 2537835TEMP/IL
Oct 10, 2024NYII · Walk-around14OOSUNITED TRANS LOGISTICS INC 2537835P1244925/IL
Sep 12, 2024GAIII · Driver-only1UNITED TRANS LOGISTICS INC 2537835P1244925/IL
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
UNITED TRANS LOGISTICS INC2537835Sep 12, 2024Jan 30, 20254IL
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.
P1244925ILUNITED TRANS LOGISTICS INCSep 12, 2024Jan 30, 20253
TEMPILUNITED TRANS LOGISTICS INCDec 9, 2024Dec 9, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 17, 2026