Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2021 Fontaine Trailer Co.

57JE55308M35A0134 · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
17 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenOct 11, 2024
KY
Last seenMar 18, 2026
MS
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
57JE55308M35A0134
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2021
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 26, 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
57J

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
E5530

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1991 or 2021

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

North American serial sequence
5A0134

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
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

Prefix basis · 18 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 18 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
2021

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

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

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 11, 2024 – Mar 18, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 18, 2026MSIII · Driver-only1M&L EXPRESS LLC 242862126TLR6864A/ME
Aug 22, 2025MDII · Walk-around3M&L EXPRESS LLC 2428621266863A/ME
Apr 23, 2025SDIII · Driver-only3M&L EXPRESS LLC 2428621266863A/ME
Oct 11, 2024KYIII · Driver-only3M&L EXPRESS LLC 2428621266864A/ME
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
M&L EXPRESS LLC2428621Oct 11, 2024Mar 18, 20264MD
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.
26TLR6864AMEM&L EXPRESS LLCMar 18, 2026Mar 18, 20261
266863AMEM&L EXPRESS LLCApr 23, 2025Aug 22, 20252
266864AMEM&L EXPRESS LLCOct 11, 2024Oct 11, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 26, 2026