Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2008 Reliance, Alloy, Comet, Sturdyweld

5REFA52838S084277 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
21 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 6
First seenAug 27, 2024
CA
Last seenMay 27, 2026
CA
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5REFA52838S084277
Make
Reliance, Alloy, Comet, Sturdyweld
Model
Reliance, Alloy, Comet, Sturdyweld
Model year
2008
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 25, 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
5RE

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
FA528

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
2008 or 2038

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

North American serial sequence
084277

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
RELIANCE, ALLOY, COMET, STURDYWELD

Prefix basis · 38 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Reliance, Alloy, Comet, Sturdyweld

Prefix basis · 38 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
2008

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
RELIANCE, ALLOY, COMET, STURDYWELD

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Reliance, Alloy, Comet, Sturdyweld

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
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 · Aug 27, 2024 – May 27, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 27, 2026CAIII · Driver-only0ROOFLINE INC 7392354HZ7872/CA
Mar 6, 2026CAIII · Driver-only1ROOFLINE INC 7392354HZ7872/CA
Feb 10, 2026CAI · Full0ROOFLINE INC 7392354HZ7872/CA
Oct 9, 2025CAI · Full0ROOFLINE INC 7392354HZ7872/CA
Oct 7, 2025CAI · Full1ROOFLINE INC 7392354HZ7872/CA
Aug 27, 2024CAI · Full5OOSROOFLINE INC 7392354HZ7872/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ROOFLINE INC739235Aug 27, 2024May 27, 20266TX
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.
4HZ7872CAROOFLINE INCAug 27, 2024May 27, 20266
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 25, 2026