Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Freightliner M2

3ALHCYFEXLDME5188 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
M2 106
Carriers run under1
16 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 3
First seenAug 7, 2023
MI
Last seenDec 9, 2024
MI
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3ALHCYFEXLDME5188
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
Aug 2, 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
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

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
ME5188

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 · Aug 7, 2023 – Dec 9, 2024

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 9, 2024MIII · Walk-around2ROYAL FOOD SERVICE 2025565BD74976/MI
Oct 14, 2024MII · Full1OOSROYAL FOOD SERVICE 2025565BD74976/MI
Aug 7, 2023MIII · Walk-around4OOSROYAL FOOD SERVICE 2025565BC60463/MI
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ROYAL FOOD SERVICE2025565Aug 7, 2023Dec 9, 20243MI
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.
BD74976MIROYAL FOOD SERVICEOct 14, 2024Dec 9, 20242
BC60463MIROYAL FOOD SERVICEAug 7, 2023Aug 7, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 2, 2026