Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Freightliner M2

3ALHCYFE5LDLX1019 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
M2 106
Carriers run under1
11 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenSep 16, 2024
NH
Last seenAug 27, 2025
NH
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3ALHCYFE5LDLX1019
Make
Freightliner
Model
M2
Model year
2020
Body class
Truck
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 12, 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
HCYFE

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
LX1019

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 · 2,369 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
M2

Prefix basis · 2,369 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
M2 106

Sourced label · prefix basis 2,369 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
2020

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 · Sep 16, 2024 – Aug 27, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 27, 2025NHIII · Driver-only1NORTHSTAR STEEL AND ALUMINUM INC 70683867784/IN
Aug 1, 2025NHII · Walk-around0NORTHSTAR STEEL AND ALUMINUM INC 70683867784/IN
Jan 14, 2025NHIII · Driver-only0NORTHSTAR STEEL AND ALUMINUM INC 70683818018/IN
Sep 16, 2024NHIII · Driver-only0NORTHSTAR STEEL AND ALUMINUM INC 70683695555/IN
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
NORTHSTAR STEEL AND ALUMINUM INC7068Sep 16, 2024Aug 27, 20254NH
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.
3867784INNORTHSTAR STEEL AND ALUMINUM INCAug 1, 2025Aug 27, 20252
3818018INNORTHSTAR STEEL AND ALUMINUM INCJan 14, 2025Jan 14, 20251
3695555INNORTHSTAR STEEL AND ALUMINUM INCSep 16, 2024Sep 16, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 12, 2026