Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2006 Carmex

3A9VM40296G019187 · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
34 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 8
First seenOct 19, 2023
CA
Last seenAug 24, 2026
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 34 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3A9VM40296G019187
Make
Carmex
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2006
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Sep 9, 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
3A9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
VM402

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
2006 or 2036

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

North American serial sequence
019187

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
2006

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
CARMEX

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 · Oct 19, 2023 – Aug 24, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 24, 2026CAI · Full1KRATOS TRANSPORT LLC 27926404WP5085/CA
May 19, 2025USII · Walk-around3OOSKRATOS TRANSPORT LLC 27926404WP5085/CA
Apr 3, 2025USII · Walk-around2KRATOS TRANSPORT LLC 27926404WP5085/CA
Jul 29, 2024CAI · Full0KRATOS TRANSPORT LLC 27926404NZ1774/CA
Apr 4, 2024CAI · Full0KRATOS TRANSPORT LLC 27926404NZ1774/CA
Dec 11, 2023USI · Full18OOSKRATOS TRANSPORT LLC 27926404NZ1774/CA
Nov 7, 2023USIII · Driver-only0EFESA TRANSPORT LLC 31574344NZ1774/CA
Oct 19, 2023CAI · Full3OOSKRATOS TRANSPORT LLC 27926404NZ1774/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
KRATOS TRANSPORT LLC2792640Oct 19, 2023Aug 24, 20267CA
EFESA TRANSPORT LLC3157434Nov 7, 2023Nov 7, 20231CA
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.
4WP5085CA2KRATOS TRANSPORT LLCApr 3, 2025Aug 24, 20263
4NZ1774CAKRATOS TRANSPORT LLCOct 19, 2023Jul 29, 20244
4NZ1774CAEFESA TRANSPORT LLCNov 7, 2023Nov 7, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Sep 9, 2026