Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Lincoln Continental

1LN6L9UK2J5601203 · Sedan/Saloon · PASSENGER CAR
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenAug 4, 2023
CA
Last seenAug 27, 2025
CA
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1LN6L9UK2J5601203
Make
Lincoln
Model
Continental
Model year
2018
Body class
Sedan/Saloon
Vehicle type
PASSENGER CAR
GVWR
Class 1: 6,000 lb or less (2,722 kg or less)
Decoded at
Jul 24, 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
1LN

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
6L9UK

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

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
601203

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
2018

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
LINCOLN

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Continental

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Sedan/Saloon

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
PASSENGER CAR

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 1: 6,000 lb or less (2,722 kg or less)

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 4, 2023 – Aug 27, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 27, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0GARY CARDIFF ENTERPRISES INC 611358CARDIF2/CA
Aug 8, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0GARY CARDIFF ENTERPRISES INC 611358CARDIF2/CA
Aug 4, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0GARY CARDIFF ENTERPRISES INC 611358CARDIF2/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
GARY CARDIFF ENTERPRISES INC611358Aug 4, 2023Aug 27, 20253CA
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.
CARDIF2CAGARY CARDIFF ENTERPRISES INCAug 4, 2023Aug 27, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 24, 2026