Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2008 Merritt

1MT2N53278H017497 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
21 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 7
First seenAug 21, 2023
CO
Last seenMay 26, 2025
CO
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1MT2N53278H017497
Make
Merritt
Model
Merritt
Model year
2008
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 18, 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
1MT

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
2N532

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
2008 or 2038

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

North American serial sequence
017497

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
MERRITT

Prefix basis · 122 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Merritt

Prefix basis · 122 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
2008

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
MERRITT

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Merritt

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

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 21, 2023 – May 26, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 26, 2025COIII · Driver-only0CODY THIEDE 2429532622766/KS
Jun 20, 2024NEII · Walk-around2OOSCODY THIEDE 2429532622766/KS
Jun 19, 2024KSII · Walk-around4OOSCODY THIEDE 2429532622766/KS
Apr 25, 2024TXII · Walk-around6CODY THIEDE 2429532622766/KS
Feb 29, 2024IAII · Walk-around2CODY THIEDE 2429532622766/KS
Oct 7, 2023TXII · Walk-around7CODY THIEDE 2429532622766/KS
Aug 21, 2023COIII · Driver-only0CODY THIEDE 2429532622766/KS
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CODY THIEDE2429532Aug 21, 2023May 26, 20257KS
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.
622766KSCODY THIEDEAug 21, 2023May 26, 20257
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 18, 2026