Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Freightliner M2

3ALACWFC2JDJZ2681 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
M2 106
Carriers run under1
21 mo
Inspections12
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 12
First seenAug 22, 2024
CA
Last seenMay 5, 2026
NM
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3ALACWFC2JDJZ2681
Make
Freightliner
Model
M2
Model year
2018
Body class
Truck
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 6: 19,501 - 26,000 lb (8,845 - 11,794 kg)
Decoded at
Jun 17, 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
ACWFC

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
JZ2681

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 · 13,625 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
M2

Prefix basis · 13,625 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
M2 106

Sourced label · prefix basis 13,625 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
2018

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 · Aug 22, 2024 – May 5, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 5, 2026NMI · Full0TGA EXPRESS LLC 4203004EP17632/CA
Mar 9, 2026CAI · Full0TGA EXPRESS LLC 4203004EP17632/CA
Feb 12, 2026CAII · Walk-around1TGA EXPRESS LLC 4203004EP17632/CA
Dec 7, 2025NMII · Walk-around0TGA EXPRESS LLC 4203004EP17632/CA
Nov 10, 2025NMII · Walk-around0TGA EXPRESS LLC 4203004EP17632/CA
Oct 2, 2025MSII · Walk-around1TGA EXPRESS LLC 4203004EP17632/CA
Sep 18, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0TGA EXPRESS LLC 4203004EP17632/CA
Aug 26, 2025CAI · Full0TGA EXPRESS LLC 4203004EP17632/CA
May 9, 2025WAI · Full4TGA EXPRESS LLC 420300418442B4/CA
Mar 29, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0TGA EXPRESS LLC 420300418442B4/CA
Mar 7, 2025WAIII · Driver-only1TGA EXPRESS LLC 420300418442B4/CA
Aug 22, 2024CAI · Full0TGA EXPRESS LLC 4203004DJ88B61/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TGA EXPRESS LLC4203004Aug 22, 2024May 5, 202612CA
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.
EP17632CATGA EXPRESS LLCAug 26, 2025May 5, 20268
18442B4CATGA EXPRESS LLCMar 7, 2025May 9, 20253
DJ88B61CATGA EXPRESS LLCAug 22, 2024Aug 22, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 17, 2026