Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Vt Hackney

526162819G5000889 · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
12 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenMay 2, 2025
LA
Last seenMay 26, 2026
LA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 12 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
526162819G5000889
Make
Vt Hackney
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2016
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 21, 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
526

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
16281

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

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
000889

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
VT HACKNEY

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 · May 2, 2025 – May 26, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 26, 2026LAIII · Driver-only0MARQUE'S FOOD DISTRIBUTORS INC 1320779J259858/LA
Jul 8, 2025MSI · Full1IMPERIAL TRADING CO LLC 333849J259858/IN
May 2, 2025LAII · Walk-around0IMPERIAL TRADING CO LLC 333849J259858/LA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MARQUE'S FOOD DISTRIBUTORS INC1320779May 26, 2026May 26, 20261LA
IMPERIAL TRADING CO LLC333849May 2, 2025Jul 8, 20252LA
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.
J259858LAMARQUE'S FOOD DISTRIBUTORS INCMay 26, 2026May 26, 20261
J259858IN2IMPERIAL TRADING CO LLCJul 8, 2025Jul 8, 20251
J259858LA2IMPERIAL TRADING CO LLCMay 2, 2025May 2, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 21, 2026