Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1988 Great Dane Trailers

1GRAA0624JW123315 · Trailer · TRAILER
Everest (reefer)
Carriers run under1
17 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 6
First seenAug 31, 2023
IL
Last seenJan 13, 2025
IL
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1GRAA0624JW123315
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
1988
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 23, 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
1GR

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
AA062

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
123315

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
GREAT DANE TRAILERS

Prefix basis · 24,927 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Great Dane Trailers

Prefix basis · 24,927 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Everest (reefer)

Sourced label · prefix basis 24,927 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

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
1988

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
GREAT DANE TRAILERS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Great Dane Trailers

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

  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 31, 2023 – Jan 13, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 13, 2025ILIII · Driver-only0BRIGHT STAR EXPRESS LLC 3745792887423ST/IL
Aug 8, 2024ILII · Walk-around2BRIGHT STAR EXPRESS LLC 3745792853641ST/IL
Jul 25, 2024INII · Walk-around5OOSBRIGHT STAR EXPRESS LLC 3745792853641ST/IL
Jul 11, 2024TNIII · Driver-only0BRIGHT STAR EXPRESS LLC 3745792853641ST/UK
Jan 24, 2024WVII · Walk-around1OOSBRIGHT STAR EXPRESS LLC 3745792853641ST/IL
Aug 31, 2023ILIII · Driver-only0BRIGHT STAR EXPRESS LLC 3745792853641ST/IL
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BRIGHT STAR EXPRESS LLC3745792Aug 31, 2023Jan 13, 20256IL
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.
887423STILBRIGHT STAR EXPRESS LLCJan 13, 2025Jan 13, 20251
853641STILBRIGHT STAR EXPRESS LLCAug 31, 2023Aug 8, 20244
853641STUKBRIGHT STAR EXPRESS LLCJul 11, 2024Jul 11, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 23, 2026