Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2021 Ford F-250

1FT8W2BT6MEC76843 · Pickup · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
8 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 5
First seenOct 14, 2025
OK
Last seenJun 12, 2026
TN
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1FT8W2BT6MEC76843
Make
Ford
Model
F-250
Model year
2021
Body class
Pickup
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 3: 10,001 - 14,000 lb (4,536 - 6,350 kg)
Decoded at
Jun 28, 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
1FT

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
8W2BT

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
1991 or 2021

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

North American serial sequence
C76843

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
FORD

Prefix basis · 225 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
F-250

Prefix basis · 225 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
2021

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FORD

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
F-250

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Pickup

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 3: 10,001 - 14,000 lb (4,536 - 6,350 kg)

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 · Oct 14, 2025 – Jun 12, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 12, 2026TNI · Full0GODIRECT TRUCKING LLC 4337311ZNA447/GA
Jun 11, 2026TNI · Full1OOSGODIRECT TRUCKING LLC 4337311ZNA447/GA
Jan 20, 2026WIIII · Driver-only0GODIRECT TRUCKING LLC 4337311ZNA447/GA
Nov 11, 2025TNI · Full0GODIRECT TRUCKING LLC 4337311DDW5956/GA
Oct 14, 2025OKI · Full3OOSGODIRECT TRUCKING LLC 4337311DDW5956/GA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
GODIRECT TRUCKING LLC4337311Oct 14, 2025Jun 12, 20265TX
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.
ZNA447GAGODIRECT TRUCKING LLCJan 20, 2026Jun 12, 20263
DDW5956GAGODIRECT TRUCKING LLCOct 14, 2025Nov 11, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 28, 2026