Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Volvo Truck VNM

4V4MC9DGXHN979503 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
23 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 3
First seenAug 22, 2023
HI
Last seenJul 25, 2025
HI
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4V4MC9DGXHN979503
Make
Volvo Truck
Model
VNM
Model year
2017
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Aug 9, 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
4V4

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
MC9DG

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

Model year candidates
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
979503

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
VOLVO TRUCK

Prefix basis · 98 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
VNM

Prefix basis · 98 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
2017

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
VOLVO TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
VNM

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck-Tractor

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)

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 22, 2023 – Jul 25, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 25, 2025HIIII · Driver-only0PACIFIC TRANSFER LLC 189377301TVV/HI
May 14, 2025HII · Full5OOSPACIFIC TRANSFER LLC 189377301TVV/HI
Aug 22, 2023HII · Full5OOSPACIFIC TRANSFER LLC 189377301TVV/HI
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
PACIFIC TRANSFER LLC189377Aug 22, 2023Jul 25, 20253HI
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.
301TVVHIPACIFIC TRANSFER LLCAug 22, 2023Jul 25, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 9, 2026