Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Hino Conventional Type Truck

5PVNJ8JP4J4S52177 · Incomplete - Chassis Cab (Single Cab) · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
31 mo
Inspections10
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 10
First seenAug 30, 2023
MD
Last seenMar 18, 2026
MD
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5PVNJ8JP4J4S52177
Make
Hino
Model
Conventional Type Truck
Model year
2018
Body class
Incomplete - Chassis Cab (Single Cab)
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 6: 19,501 - 26,000 lb (8,845 - 11,794 kg)
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
5PV

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
NJ8JP

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
S52177

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
HINO

Prefix basis · 160 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Conventional Type Truck

Prefix basis · 160 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
2018

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
HINO

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Conventional Type Truck

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Incomplete - Chassis Cab (Single Cab)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 6: 19,501 - 26,000 lb (8,845 - 11,794 kg)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 30, 2023 – Mar 18, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 18, 2026MDI · Full0DANTONE INC 372615ZJA1287/PA
Nov 11, 2025DEII · Walk-around1OOSDANTONE INC 372615ZJA1287/PA
Oct 21, 2025MDII · Walk-around0DANTONE INC 372615ZJA1287/PA
Sep 3, 2025MDII · Walk-around0DANTONE INC 372615ZJA1287/PA
Jul 8, 2025PAIII · Driver-only3OOSDANTONE INC 372615ZJA1287/PA
Apr 1, 2025MDII · Walk-around0DANTONE INC 372615ZJA1287/PA
Oct 23, 2024MDI · Full1OOSDANTONE INC 372615ZJA1287/PA
Mar 6, 2024MDI · Full0DANTONE INC 372615ZJA1287/PA
Feb 27, 2024PAI · Full0DANTONE INC 372615ZJA1287/PA
Aug 30, 2023MDI · Full0DANTONE INC 372615ZJA1287/PA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
DANTONE INC372615Aug 30, 2023Mar 18, 202610PA
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.
ZJA1287PADANTONE INCAug 30, 2023Mar 18, 202610
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 18, 2026