Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Freightliner Columbia

3ALXA7006LDMU0227 · Incomplete - Glider · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Columbia 120
Carriers run under1
6 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 5
First seenMay 16, 2024
MO
Last seenNov 19, 2024
MN
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3ALXA7006LDMU0227
Make
Freightliner
Model
Columbia
Model year
2020
Body class
Incomplete - Glider
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 3, 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
XA700

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

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
MU0227

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 · 1,382 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Columbia

Prefix basis · 1,382 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Columbia 120

Sourced label · prefix basis 1,382 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
Columbia

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Incomplete - Glider

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Not established

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 · May 16, 2024 – Nov 19, 2024

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 19, 2024MNIII · Driver-only1RUDE TRANSPORTATION INC 1391PR42544/SD
Aug 22, 2024MOII · Walk-around0RUDE TRANSPORTATION INC 1391PR42544/SD
Jul 23, 2024MOII · Walk-around3RUDE TRANSPORTATION INC 139142544/SD
Jun 10, 2024IAIII · Driver-only2RUDE TRANSPORTATION INC 1391PR42544/SD
May 16, 2024MOII · Walk-around7OOSRUDE TRANSPORTATION INC 1391PR42544/SD
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RUDE TRANSPORTATION INC1391May 16, 2024Nov 19, 20245SD
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.
PR42544SDRUDE TRANSPORTATION INCMay 16, 2024Nov 19, 20244
42544SDRUDE TRANSPORTATION INCJul 23, 2024Jul 23, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 3, 2026