Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2014 Freightliner Columbia

3ALXA7002EDFW8258 · Incomplete - Glider · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Columbia 120
Carriers run under1
34 mo
Inspections10
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 10
First seenJun 15, 2023
NC
Last seenApr 20, 2026
NC
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3ALXA7002EDFW8258
Make
Freightliner
Model
Columbia
Model year
2014
Body class
Incomplete - Glider
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 19, 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
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
1984 or 2014

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

North American serial sequence
FW8258

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
2014

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
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)

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 · Jun 15, 2023 – Apr 20, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 20, 2026NCII · Walk-around0SHEPARD MOTOR LINES INC 261791VT9684/NC
Oct 7, 2025NCII · Walk-around1SHEPARD MOTOR LINES INC 261791VT9684/NC
Sep 23, 2025NCII · Walk-around0SHEPARD MOTOR LINES INC 261791VT9684/NC
May 23, 2025NCIII · Driver-only0SHEPARD MOTOR LINES INC 261791VT9684/NC
Apr 7, 2025NCII · Walk-around1OOSSHEPARD MOTOR LINES INC 261791VT9684/NC
Oct 9, 2024NCIII · Driver-only0SHEPARD MOTOR LINES INC 261791VT9684/NC
Jul 22, 2024NCII · Walk-around0SHEPARD MOTOR LINES INC 261791VT9684/NC
May 17, 2024NCIII · Driver-only0SHEPARD MOTOR LINES INC 261791VT9684/NC
Apr 16, 2024NCII · Walk-around0SHEPARD MOTOR LINES INC 261791VT9684/NC
Jun 15, 2023NCII · Walk-around0SHEPARD MOTOR LINES INC 261791LM3213/NC
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SHEPARD MOTOR LINES INC261791Jun 15, 2023Apr 20, 202610NC
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.
VT9684NCSHEPARD MOTOR LINES INCApr 16, 2024Apr 20, 20269
LM3213NCSHEPARD MOTOR LINES INCJun 15, 2023Jun 15, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 19, 2026