Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2002 Fontaine Trailer

1R1M248252K510407 · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
16 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 6
First seenAug 26, 2024
CA
Last seenDec 2, 2025
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 16 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
1R1M248252K510407
Make
Fontaine Trailer
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2002
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Sep 2, 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
1R1

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
M2482

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
2002 or 2032

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

North American serial sequence
510407

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
2002

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FONTAINE TRAILER

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 · Aug 26, 2024 – Dec 2, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 2, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0MOONLIGHT EXPRESS LLC 278987ZK8512/ID
Oct 13, 2025CAII · Walk-around0MOONLIGHT EXPRESS LLC 278987ZK8512/ID
Jun 16, 2025CAII · Walk-around0MOONLIGHT EXPRESS LLC 278987ZK8512/ID
Jun 9, 2025CAII · Walk-around0MOONLIGHT EXPRESS LLC 278987ZK8512/ID
Jan 23, 2025CAII · Walk-around0BETTENDORF ENTERPRISES INC 161866ZK8512/ID
Aug 26, 2024CAI · Full0MOONLIGHT EXPRESS LLC 278987ZK8512/ID
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MOONLIGHT EXPRESS LLC278987Aug 26, 2024Dec 2, 20255ID
BETTENDORF ENTERPRISES INC161866Jan 23, 2025Jan 23, 20251CA
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.
ZK8512IDMOONLIGHT EXPRESS LLCAug 26, 2024Dec 2, 20255
ZK8512IDBETTENDORF ENTERPRISES INCJan 23, 2025Jan 23, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Sep 2, 2026