Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2008 Freightliner Columbia

1FUJA6CK48DY52558 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Columbia 120
Carriers run under1
31 mo
Inspections12
all-time
OOS inspections5
of 12
First seenOct 19, 2023
TX
Last seenMay 19, 2026
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1FUJA6CK48DY52558
Make
Freightliner
Model
Columbia
Model year
2008
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 16, 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
1FU

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
JA6CK

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
2008 or 2038

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

North American serial sequence
Y52558

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 · 7,803 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Columbia

Prefix basis · 7,803 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Columbia 120

Sourced label · prefix basis 7,803 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
2008

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
Truck-Tractor

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRUCK

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 19, 2023 – May 19, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 19, 2026TXII · Walk-around2MDS EXPRESS LLC 413654672V324W/TX
Apr 28, 2026TXII · Walk-around6MDS EXPRESS LLC 413654693U726N/TX
Jan 22, 2026TXII · Walk-around2OOSMDS EXPRESS LLC 413654664S563N/TX
Jan 20, 2026TXII · Walk-around0MDS EXPRESS LLC 413654664S563N/TX
Jan 19, 2026TXII · Walk-around2MDS EXPRESS LLC 413654664S563N/TX
Aug 7, 2025TXII · Walk-around1MDS EXPRESS LLC 413654628N281N/TX
Apr 15, 2025TXII · Walk-around5MDS EXPRESS LLC 413654615S079N/TX
Dec 19, 2024TXII · Walk-around2OOSMDS EXPRESS LLC 41365461M74488/TX
Oct 10, 2024TXII · Walk-around7OOSMDS EXPRESS LLC 413654672N783M/TX
Feb 29, 2024TXI · Full7MDS EXPRESS LLC 413654637R459M/TX
Feb 26, 2024TXI · Full4OOSMDS EXPRESS LLC 413654637R459M/TX
Oct 19, 2023TXII · Walk-around2OOSMDS EXPRESS LLC 413654665M311M/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MDS EXPRESS LLC4136546Oct 19, 2023May 19, 202612TX
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.
72V324WTXMDS EXPRESS LLCMay 19, 2026May 19, 20261
93U726NTXMDS EXPRESS LLCApr 28, 2026Apr 28, 20261
64S563NTXMDS EXPRESS LLCJan 19, 2026Jan 22, 20263
28N281NTXMDS EXPRESS LLCAug 7, 2025Aug 7, 20251
15S079NTXMDS EXPRESS LLCApr 15, 2025Apr 15, 20251
1M74488TXMDS EXPRESS LLCDec 19, 2024Dec 19, 20241
72N783MTXMDS EXPRESS LLCOct 10, 2024Oct 10, 20241
37R459MTXMDS EXPRESS LLCFeb 26, 2024Feb 29, 20242
65M311MTXMDS EXPRESS LLCOct 19, 2023Oct 19, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026