Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Freightliner M2

3ALACWFC6JDJH5491 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
M2 106
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections10
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 10
First seenOct 19, 2023
MD
Last seenOct 9, 2025
MD
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3ALACWFC6JDJH5491
Make
Freightliner
Model
M2
Model year
2018
Body class
Truck
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 6: 19,501 - 26,000 lb (8,845 - 11,794 kg)
Decoded at
Jun 18, 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
ACWFC

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
JH5491

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 · 13,625 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
M2

Prefix basis · 13,625 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
M2 106

Sourced label · prefix basis 13,625 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
2018

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 6: 19,501 - 26,000 lb (8,845 - 11,794 kg)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 19, 2023 – Oct 9, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 9, 2025MDIII · Driver-only0J&C CARRIERS LLC 34777119DG4810/MD
Sep 18, 2025MDII · Walk-around0J&C CARRIERS LLC 34777119DG4810/MD
Jun 12, 2025MDII · Walk-around1J&C CARRIERS LLC 34777119DG4810/MD
Mar 26, 2025MDI · Full0J&C CARRIERS LLC 34777119DG4810/MD
Mar 20, 2025MDI · Full2OOSJ&C CARRIERS LLC 34777119DG4810/MD
Sep 24, 2024MDII · Walk-around0J&C CARRIERS LLC 34777119DG4810/MD
Jun 28, 2024MDIII · Driver-only0J&C CARRIERS LLC 34777119DG4810/MD
Jun 17, 2024MDI · Full3OOSJ&C CARRIERS LLC 34777119DG4810/MD
Dec 15, 2023MDII · Walk-around0J&C CARRIERS LLC 34777119JD4810/MD
Oct 19, 2023MDIII · Driver-only0J&C CARRIERS LLC 34777119DG4810/MD
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
J&C CARRIERS LLC3477711Oct 19, 2023Oct 9, 202510MD
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
9DG4810MDJ&C CARRIERS LLCOct 19, 2023Oct 9, 20259
9JD4810MDJ&C CARRIERS LLCDec 15, 2023Dec 15, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 18, 2026