Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Ram 3500

3C63R3AL8LG238456 · Pickup · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
15 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 6
First seenJan 5, 2024
NY
Last seenApr 28, 2025
NY
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3C63R3AL8LG238456
Make
Ram
Model
3500
Model year
2020
Body class
Pickup
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 3: 10,001 - 14,000 lb (4,536 - 6,350 kg)
Decoded at
Jun 27, 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
3C6

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
3R3AL

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
238456

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
RAM

Prefix basis · 15 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
3500

Prefix basis · 15 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
2020

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
RAM

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
3500

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 · Jan 5, 2024 – Apr 28, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 28, 2025NYI · Full1STERLING TECHNOLOGY INC 97621563421C/SD
May 21, 2024NYI · Full2OOSSTERLING TECHNOLOGY INC 97621511688C/SD
Mar 7, 2024NYI · Full0STERLING TECHNOLOGY INC 97621511688C/ND
Feb 5, 2024NYIII · Driver-only0STERLING TECHNOLOGY INC 97621511688C/SD
Jan 31, 2024NYII · Walk-around0STERLING TECHNOLOGY INC 97621511688C/SD
Jan 5, 2024NYI · Full0STERLING TECHNOLOGY INC 97621511688C/SD
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
STERLING TECHNOLOGY INC976215Jan 5, 2024Apr 28, 20256SD
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.
63421CSDSTERLING TECHNOLOGY INCApr 28, 2025Apr 28, 20251
11688CSDSTERLING TECHNOLOGY INCJan 5, 2024May 21, 20244
11688CNDSTERLING TECHNOLOGY INCMar 7, 2024Mar 7, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 27, 2026