Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2009 Western Trailer Company

5DN1148279B000262 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
22 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 4
First seenJan 30, 2024
TX
Last seenNov 19, 2025
TX
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5DN1148279B000262
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2009
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 17, 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
5DN

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
11482

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
2009 or 2039

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

North American serial sequence
000262

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
WESTERN TRAILER COMPANY

Prefix basis · 374 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Western Trailer Company

Prefix basis · 374 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
2009

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
WESTERN TRAILER COMPANY

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Western Trailer Company

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 · Jan 30, 2024 – Nov 19, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 19, 2025TXI · Full0FRONTIER SUPPORT CARRIER LLC 3212328213B446/TX
Jun 17, 2025TXII · Walk-around0FRONTIER SUPPORT CARRIER LLC 3212328213B446/TX
May 14, 2024TXI · Full1FRONTIER SUPPORT CARRIER LLC 3212328213B446/TX
Jan 30, 2024TXII · Walk-around4OOSFRONTIER SUPPORT CARRIER LLC 3212328213B446/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
FRONTIER SUPPORT CARRIER LLC3212328Jan 30, 2024Nov 19, 20254TX
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.
213B446TXFRONTIER SUPPORT CARRIER LLCJan 30, 2024Nov 19, 20254
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 17, 2026