Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1998 Ford LT9513

1FDZS96W8WVA14768 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
9 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 2
First seenJun 12, 2024
AL
Last seenMar 17, 2025
AL
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1FDZS96W8WVA14768
Make
Ford
Model
LT9513
Model year
1998
Body class
Truck
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Aug 16, 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
1FD

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
ZS96W

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1998 or 2028

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

North American serial sequence
A14768

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
FORD

Prefix basis · 5 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
LT9513

Prefix basis · 5 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
1998

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FORD

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
LT9513

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE

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 · Jun 12, 2024 – Mar 17, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 17, 2025ALIII · Driver-only0DENNIS JOHNS LLC 151146713AAD86/AL
Jun 12, 2024ALII · Walk-around4OOSDENNIS JOHNS LLC 1511467NONE/AL
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
DENNIS JOHNS LLC1511467Jun 12, 2024Mar 17, 20252AL
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.
13AAD86ALDENNIS JOHNS LLCMar 17, 2025Mar 17, 20251
NONEALDENNIS JOHNS LLCJun 12, 2024Jun 12, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 16, 2026