Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Vanguard National Trailer Corporation (vntc)

5V8VA5320LM001172 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
28 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 6
First seenNov 6, 2023
TN
Last seenMar 31, 2026
TN
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5V8VA5320LM001172
Make
Vanguard National Trailer Corporation (vntc)
Model
VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC)
Model year
2020
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
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
5V8

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
VA532

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
001172

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
VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC)

Prefix basis · 2,601 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC)

Prefix basis · 2,601 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
2020

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC)

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

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Nov 6, 2023 – Mar 31, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 31, 2026TNI · Full2OOSMIDWEST EXPRESS INC 1773967676626ST/IL
Feb 27, 2026ARIII · Driver-only2MIDWEST EXPRESS INC 1773967676626ST/IL
Feb 11, 2026SDIII · Driver-only0MIDWEST EXPRESS INC 1773967676626ST/IL
Feb 5, 2025SCIII · Driver-only0MIDWEST EXPRESS INC 1773967676626ST/IL
Feb 2, 2024KYII · Walk-around0MIDWEST EXPRESS INC 1773967676626ST/IL
Nov 6, 2023TNIII · Driver-only0MIDWEST EXPRESS INC 1773967676626ST/IL
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MIDWEST EXPRESS INC1773967Nov 6, 2023Mar 31, 20266IN
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.
676626STILMIDWEST EXPRESS INCNov 6, 2023Mar 31, 20266
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 25, 2026