Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2006 Lincoln Town Car

1L1FM88W26Y644886 · Limousine · PASSENGER CAR
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenOct 26, 2023
CA
Last seenOct 6, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1L1FM88W26Y644886
Make
Lincoln
Model
Town Car
Model year
2006
Body class
Limousine
Vehicle type
PASSENGER CAR
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 24, 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
1L1

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
FM88W

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
2006 or 2036

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

North American serial sequence
644886

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
LINCOLN

Prefix basis · 40 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Town Car

Prefix basis · 40 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
2006

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
LINCOLN

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Town Car

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Limousine

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
PASSENGER CAR

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Not established

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 26, 2023 – Oct 6, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 6, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0KEVIN BENNET 26524291ZZW586/CA
Sep 23, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only2KEVIN BENNET 26524291ZZW586/CA
Oct 26, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only1KEVIN BENNET 26524291ZZW586/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
KEVIN BENNET2652429Oct 26, 2023Oct 6, 20253CA
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.
1ZZW586CAKEVIN BENNETOct 26, 2023Oct 6, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 24, 2026