Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Kaufman Trailers Of Nc

5VGFW5031GL004116 · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
35 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 8
First seenAug 11, 2023
NC
Last seenJul 28, 2026
NC
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5VGFW5031GL004116
Make
Kaufman Trailers Of Nc
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2016
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 7, 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
5VG

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
FW503

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

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
004116

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
2016

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
KAUFMAN TRAILERS OF NC

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Not established

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

  • 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 11, 2023 – Jul 28, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 28, 2026NCIII · Driver-only0VALENA INC 1541283307527TM/VA
May 26, 2026NCIII · Driver-only0VALENA INC 1541283307527TM/VA
Sep 11, 2025NCI · Full0VALENA INC 1541283307527TM/VA
Sep 3, 2025NCIII · Driver-only0VALENA INC 1541283307527TM/VA
Jun 19, 2025NCI · Full3OOSVALENA INC 1541283307527TM/VA
Oct 30, 2024NCI · Full0VALENA INC 1541283307527TM/VA
Jan 24, 2024NCI · Full2OOSVALENA INC 1541283307527TM/VA
Aug 11, 2023NCIII · Driver-only1VALENA INC 1541283307527TM/VA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
VALENA INC1541283Aug 11, 2023Jul 28, 20268VA
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.
307527TMVA2VALENA INCAug 11, 2023Jul 28, 20268
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 7, 2026