Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2011 Freightliner M2

3ALACWCS2BDAY1242 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
29 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 7
First seenOct 20, 2023
US
Last seenMar 29, 2026
US
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3ALACWCS2BDAY1242
Make
Freightliner
Model
M2
Model year
2011
Body class
Truck
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 6: 19,501 - 26,000 lb (8,845 - 11,794 kg)
Decoded at
Jun 21, 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
3AL

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
ACWCS

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
1981 or 2011

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

North American serial sequence
AY1242

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
2011

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

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 20, 2023 – Mar 29, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 29, 2026USI · Full7OOSCARLOS GILBERTO ARIZPE BENAVIDES 117111597AC6A/MX
Feb 13, 2026USI · Full13CARLOS GILBERTO ARIZPE BENAVIDES 117111597AC6A/MX
Sep 25, 2025USI · Full18OOSCARLOS GILBERTO ARIZPE BENAVIDES 117111597AC6A/MX
Feb 14, 2025USI · Full4CARLOS GILBERTO ARIZPE BENAVIDES 117111597AC6A/MX
Nov 4, 2024USI · Full9CARLOS GILBERTO ARIZPE BENAVIDES 117111597AC6A/TA
Oct 28, 2024USIII · Driver-only1CARLOS GILBERTO ARIZPE BENAVIDES 117111597AC6A/MX
Oct 20, 2023USI · Full6CARLOS GILBERTO ARIZPE BENAVIDES 117111597AC6A/MX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CARLOS GILBERTO ARIZPE BENAVIDES1171115Oct 20, 2023Mar 29, 20267NL
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.
97AC6AMXCARLOS GILBERTO ARIZPE BENAVIDESOct 20, 2023Mar 29, 20266
97AC6ATACARLOS GILBERTO ARIZPE BENAVIDESNov 4, 2024Nov 4, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026