Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Freightliner M2

1FVHCYCY1HHHY7409 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
M2 106
Carriers run under1
17 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 3
First seenMay 15, 2024
PA
Last seenOct 10, 2025
PA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1FVHCYCY1HHHY7409
Make
Freightliner
Model
M2
Model year
2017
Body class
Truck
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 19, 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
1FV

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
HCYCY

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
HY7409

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
FREIGHTLINER

Prefix basis · 589 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
M2

Prefix basis · 589 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
M2 106

Sourced label · prefix basis 589 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

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
2017

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FREIGHTLINER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
M2

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · May 15, 2024 – Oct 10, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 10, 2025PAII · Walk-around4OOSMERLO INC 191632AH59118/PA
Aug 26, 2025PAI · Full2OOSMERLO INC 191632AH59118/PA
May 15, 2024PAII · Walk-around4OOSMERLO INC 191632PENDING/PA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MERLO INC191632May 15, 2024Oct 10, 20253PA
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
AH59118PAMERLO INCAug 26, 2025Oct 10, 20252
PENDINGPAMERLO INCMay 15, 2024May 15, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 19, 2026