Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner M2

3ALACWDT2GDFY6521 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
M2 106
Carriers run under1
29 mo
Inspections10
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 10
First seenJul 25, 2023
CA
Last seenDec 16, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3ALACWDT2GDFY6521
Make
Freightliner
Model
M2
Model year
2016
Body class
Truck
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 6: 19,501 - 26,000 lb (8,845 - 11,794 kg)
Decoded at
Jun 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
3AL

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
ACWDT

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

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
FY6521

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 · 5,875 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
M2

Prefix basis · 5,875 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
M2 106

Sourced label · prefix basis 5,875 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
2016

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

  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jul 25, 2023 – Dec 16, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 16, 2025CAI · Full0NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION RENTALS INC 59214270910T1/CA
Nov 13, 2025CAII · Walk-around0NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION RENTALS INC 59214261020G4/CA
Oct 29, 2025CAI · Full2NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION RENTALS INC 59214270910T1/CA
May 13, 2025CAI · Full1NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION RENTALS INC 59214270910T1/CA
Feb 6, 2025CAII · Walk-around0NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION RENTALS INC 59214270910T1/CA
Nov 22, 2024CAII · Walk-around0NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION RENTALS INC 59214270910T1/CA
Jun 14, 2024CAI · Full0NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION RENTALS INC 59214270910T1/CA
Feb 5, 2024CAI · Full0NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION RENTALS INC 59214270910T1/CA
Oct 11, 2023CAI · Full0NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION RENTALS INC 59214270910T1/CA
Jul 25, 2023CAI · Full0NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION RENTALS INC 59214270910T1/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION RENTALS INC592142Jul 25, 2023Dec 16, 202510CA
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.
70910T1CANATIONAL CONSTRUCTION RENTALS INCJul 25, 2023Dec 16, 20259
61020G4CANATIONAL CONSTRUCTION RENTALS INCNov 13, 2025Nov 13, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 19, 2026