Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2024 American Pride Trailers

4A9FA5326RH220116 · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
6 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 6
First seenJun 22, 2025
IA
Last seenDec 9, 2025
CA
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 6 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
4A9FA5326RH220116
Make
American Pride Trailers
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2024
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 24, 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
4A9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
FA532

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
1994 or 2024

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

North American serial sequence
220116

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
2024

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
AMERICAN PRIDE TRAILERS

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 · Jun 22, 2025 – Dec 9, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 9, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0DMLCSL LLC 44769275390910/ME
Dec 4, 2025WYI · Full4DD GROUP LLC 37306915390910/ME
Oct 8, 2025FLI · Full8OOSDD GROUP LLC 37306915390910/ME
Oct 1, 2025PAII · Walk-around5OOSDD GROUP LLC 37306915390910/ME
Jul 15, 2025NCIII · Driver-only0PINGVIN EXPRESS LLC 43352575390910/ME
Jun 22, 2025IAI · Full4PINGVIN EXPRESS LLC 43352575390910/ME
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
DMLCSL LLC4476927Dec 9, 2025Dec 9, 20251IL
DD GROUP LLC3730691Oct 1, 2025Dec 4, 20253MO
PINGVIN EXPRESS LLC4335257Jun 22, 2025Jul 15, 20252IL
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.
5390910MEDMLCSL LLCDec 9, 2025Dec 9, 20251
5390910MEDD GROUP LLCOct 1, 2025Dec 4, 20253
5390910MEPINGVIN EXPRESS LLCJun 22, 2025Jul 15, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 24, 2026