Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Hino Conventional Type Truck

5PVNJ8JT2G4S56623 · Incomplete · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
33 mo
Inspections11
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 11
First seenOct 31, 2023
MD
Last seenJul 4, 2026
PA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5PVNJ8JT2G4S56623
Make
Hino
Model
Conventional Type Truck
Model year
2016
Body class
Incomplete
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 6: 19,501 - 26,000 lb (8,845 - 11,794 kg)
Decoded at
Jun 19, 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
NJ8JT

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
S56623

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
HINO

Prefix basis · 971 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Conventional Type Truck

Prefix basis · 971 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
2016

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

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 31, 2023 – Jul 4, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 4, 2026PAIII · Driver-only2J MERLOS EXPRESS LLC 32507356GJ5941/MD
Dec 29, 2025MDII · Walk-around0J MERLOS EXPRESS LLC 32507356GJ5941/MD
Dec 9, 2025MDII · Walk-around0J MERLOS EXPRESS LLC 32507356GJ5941/MD
Nov 24, 2025MDI · Full1J MERLOS EXPRESS LLC 32507356GJ5941/MD
Nov 17, 2025MDI · Full5OOSJ MERLOS EXPRESS LLC 32507356GJ5941/MD
Oct 9, 2025MDII · Walk-around1J MERLOS EXPRESS LLC 32507356GJ5941/MD
Sep 23, 2025MDII · Walk-around0J MERLOS EXPRESS LLC 32507356GJ5941/MD
May 31, 2025MDII · Walk-around5J MERLOS EXPRESS LLC 32507356GJ5941/MD
Mar 19, 2025MDII · Walk-around0J MERLOS EXPRESS LLC 32507356GJ5941/MD
Dec 11, 2024MDIII · Driver-only0J MERLOS EXPRESS LLC 32507356GJ5941/MD
Oct 31, 2023MDI · Full1OOSJ MERLOS EXPRESS LLC 32507358FP9956/MD
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
J MERLOS EXPRESS LLC3250735Oct 31, 2023Jul 4, 202611MD
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.
6GJ5941MD1J MERLOS EXPRESS LLCDec 11, 2024Jul 4, 202610
8FP9956MDJ MERLOS EXPRESS LLCOct 31, 2023Oct 31, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 19, 2026