Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Ford Commercial Chassis

1F66F5KY6G0A02986 · Incomplete - Stripped Chassis · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
35 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 8
First seenAug 8, 2023
CA
Last seenJul 10, 2026
CA
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1F66F5KY6G0A02986
Make
Ford
Model
Commercial Chassis
Model year
2016
Body class
Incomplete - Stripped Chassis
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 6: 19,501 - 26,000 lb (8,845 - 11,794 kg)
Decoded at
Jun 22, 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
1F6

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
6F5KY

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

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

North American serial sequence
A02986

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
FORD

Prefix basis · 84 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Commercial Chassis

Prefix basis · 84 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
2016

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FORD

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Commercial Chassis

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Incomplete - Stripped Chassis

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 8, 2023 – Jul 10, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 10, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0LUX BUS AMERICA COMPANY 112543923876H3/CA
Jun 30, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0LUX BUS AMERICA COMPANY 112543923876H3/CA
Aug 7, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0LUX BUS AMERICA COMPANY 112543923876H3/CA
Jul 22, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0LUX BUS AMERICA COMPANY 112543923876H3/CA
Aug 13, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0LUX BUS AMERICA COMPANY 1125439SB003/CA
Aug 9, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0LUX BUS AMERICA COMPANY 112543923876H3/CA
Aug 9, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0LUX BUS AMERICA COMPANY 1125439SB003/CA
Aug 8, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0LUX BUS AMERICA COMPANY 112543923876H3/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
LUX BUS AMERICA COMPANY1125439Aug 8, 2023Jul 10, 20268CA
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.
23876H3CA1LUX BUS AMERICA COMPANYAug 8, 2023Jul 10, 20266
SB003CALUX BUS AMERICA COMPANYAug 9, 2024Aug 13, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 22, 2026