Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2015 Caterpillar CF7AA

3HTJGTKT3FN668368 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
21 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 3
First seenNov 9, 2023
MI
Last seenAug 11, 2025
MI
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3HTJGTKT3FN668368
Make
Caterpillar
Model
CF7AA
Model year
2015
Body class
Truck
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Aug 8, 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
3HT

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
JGTKT

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1985 or 2015

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

North American serial sequence
668368

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
CATERPILLAR

Prefix basis · 45 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
CF7AA

Prefix basis · 45 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Not established

No sourced model-line label is established.

No source established for this field.

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
2015

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
CATERPILLAR

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
CF7AA

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

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Nov 9, 2023 – Aug 11, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 11, 2025MIIII · Driver-only1OOSSPIERLING TRUCKING & EXCAVATING INC 1763216BE29420/MI
Feb 7, 2024MIIII · Driver-only0SPIERLING TRUCKING & EXCAVATING INC 1763216BD40189/MI
Nov 9, 2023MIII · Walk-around2OOSSPIERLING TRUCKING & EXCAVATING INC 1763216BD40189/MI
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SPIERLING TRUCKING & EXCAVATING INC1763216Nov 9, 2023Aug 11, 20253MI
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.
BE29420MISPIERLING TRUCKING & EXCAVATING INCAug 11, 2025Aug 11, 20251
BD40189MISPIERLING TRUCKING & EXCAVATING INCNov 9, 2023Feb 7, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 8, 2026