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2012 Hino Conventional Type Truck

5PVNJ8JG1C4S50048 · Incomplete · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under2
35 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 8
First seenAug 24, 2023
CA
Last seenJul 27, 2026
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 35 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5PVNJ8JG1C4S50048
Make
Hino
Model
Conventional Type Truck
Model year
2012
Body class
Incomplete
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 6: 19,501 - 26,000 lb (8,845 - 11,794 kg)
Decoded at
Jun 21, 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
5PV

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
NJ8JG

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
1982 or 2012

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

North American serial sequence
S50048

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
2012

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
HINO

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Conventional Type Truck

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Incomplete

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 6: 19,501 - 26,000 lb (8,845 - 11,794 kg)

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 · Aug 24, 2023 – Jul 27, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 27, 2026CAI · Full0CASTILLOS TRANSPORTATION LLC 427672212062E3/CA
Apr 2, 2026CAI · Full0CASTILLOS TRANSPORTATION LLC 427672212062E3/CA
Mar 25, 2026CAI · Full2CASTILLOS TRANSPORTATION LLC 427672212062E3/CA
Dec 31, 2025CAII · Walk-around0CASTILLOS TRANSPORTATION LLC 427672212062E3/CA
Dec 29, 2025CAII · Walk-around0CASTILLOS TRANSPORTATION LLC 427672212062E3/CA
Dec 5, 2025CAI · Full0CASTILLOS TRANSPORTATION LLC 427672212062E3/CA
Jul 29, 2025CAI · Full0CASTILLOS TRANSPORTATION LLC 427672212062E3/CA
Aug 24, 2023CAIII · Driver-only0AMERICAN ROYAL INTERNATIONAL INC 269485912062E3/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CASTILLOS TRANSPORTATION LLC4276722Jul 29, 2025Jul 27, 20267CA
AMERICAN ROYAL INTERNATIONAL INC2694859Aug 24, 2023Aug 24, 20231CA
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.
12062E3CA1CASTILLOS TRANSPORTATION LLCJul 29, 2025Jul 27, 20267
12062E3CAAMERICAN ROYAL INTERNATIONAL INCAug 24, 2023Aug 24, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026