Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Freightliner Columbia

3ALXA7007JDJR5547 · Incomplete - Glider · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Columbia 120
Carriers run under1
30 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 7
First seenAug 21, 2023
IL
Last seenFeb 20, 2026
LA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3ALXA7007JDJR5547
Make
Freightliner
Model
Columbia
Model year
2018
Body class
Incomplete - Glider
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 21, 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
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

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
JR5547

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
2018

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
Not established

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 · Aug 21, 2023 – Feb 20, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 20, 2026LAIII · Driver-only1BC 5 INC 685632A525705/MS
Oct 16, 2025FLII · Walk-around2OOSBC 5 INC 685632A525705/MS
Apr 1, 2025OKIII · Driver-only1BC 5 INC 685632A525705/MS
Feb 17, 2025LAIII · Driver-only0BC 5 INC 685632A525705/MS
Jan 11, 2024NCIII · Driver-only0BC 5 INC 685632A452577/MS
Sep 15, 2023MSIII · Driver-only0BC 5 INC 685632A452577/MS
Aug 21, 2023ILIII · Driver-only0BC 5 INC 685632A452577/MS
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BC 5 INC685632Aug 21, 2023Feb 20, 20267MS
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.
A525705MSBC 5 INCFeb 17, 2025Feb 20, 20264
A452577MSBC 5 INCAug 21, 2023Jan 11, 20243
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026