Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

5W0FW5037JL000645

Not yet decoded
Carriers run under2
12 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 3
First seenAug 7, 2025
FL
Last seenAug 22, 2026
MS
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 12 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.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5W0FW5037JL000645
Make
Not decoded
Model
Not decoded
Model year
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
Not decoded
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 30, 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
5W0

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
FW503

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

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
000645

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
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
Not established

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
Not established

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 7, 2025 – Aug 22, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 22, 2026MSII · Walk-around3OOSTROPICAL AUTO SOLUTIONS LLC 251238826GCXF/FL
Aug 10, 2025MSI · Full15OOSAPI AUTO GROUP LLC 4285236DJ24IF/FL
Aug 7, 2025FLI · Full6OOSAPI AUTO GROUP LLC 4285236DJ24IF/FL
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TROPICAL AUTO SOLUTIONS LLC2512388Aug 22, 2026Aug 22, 20261FL
API AUTO GROUP LLC4285236Aug 7, 2025Aug 10, 20252CA
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.
26GCXFFL2TROPICAL AUTO SOLUTIONS LLCAug 22, 2026Aug 22, 20261
DJ24IFFLAPI AUTO GROUP LLCAug 7, 2025Aug 10, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 30, 2026