Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1993 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13N1482C9P1557696 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
30 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 8
First seenSep 6, 2023
TX
Last seenMar 7, 2026
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
13N1482C9P1557696
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
1993
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 17, 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
13N

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
1482C

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1993 or 2023

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

North American serial sequence
557696

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
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

Prefix basis · 808 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 808 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
1993

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Sep 6, 2023 – Mar 7, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 7, 2026TXII · Walk-around15OOSMONARCA CARRIERS LLC 355868122W236W/TX
Sep 6, 2025TXII · Walk-around14MONARCA CARRIERS LLC 355868173W018W/TX
Aug 26, 2025TXII · Walk-around4MONARCA CARRIERS LLC 3558681W43904/TX
Jun 7, 2025TXII · Walk-around21OOSMONARCA CARRIERS LLC 355868184V901V/TX
Mar 26, 2025TXII · Walk-around6MONARCA CARRIERS LLC 355868129X804V/TX
Oct 11, 2024TXI · Full17OOSMONARCA CARRIERS LLC 3558681014B331/TX
Oct 19, 2023TXII · Walk-around2OOSMONARCA CARRIERS LLC 355868166V187V/TX
Sep 6, 2023TXII · Walk-around7MONARCA CARRIERS LLC 355868164Y074V/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MONARCA CARRIERS LLC3558681Sep 6, 2023Mar 7, 20268TX
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
22W236WTXMONARCA CARRIERS LLCMar 7, 2026Mar 7, 20261
73W018WTXMONARCA CARRIERS LLCSep 6, 2025Sep 6, 20251
W43904TXMONARCA CARRIERS LLCAug 26, 2025Aug 26, 20251
84V901VTXMONARCA CARRIERS LLCJun 7, 2025Jun 7, 20251
29X804VTXMONARCA CARRIERS LLCMar 26, 2025Mar 26, 20251
014B331TXMONARCA CARRIERS LLCOct 11, 2024Oct 11, 20241
66V187VTXMONARCA CARRIERS LLCOct 19, 2023Oct 19, 20231
64Y074VTXMONARCA CARRIERS LLCSep 6, 2023Sep 6, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 17, 2026