Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1988 Mack RW

1M2AY04Y3JM003946 · Truck-Tractor · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
25 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenOct 20, 2023
WV
Last seenNov 12, 2025
WV
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1M2AY04Y3JM003946
Make
Mack
Model
RW
Model year
1988
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 25, 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
1M2

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
AY04Y

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

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
003946

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
MACK

Prefix basis · 9 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
RW

Prefix basis · 9 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
1988

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
MACK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
RW

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck-Tractor

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

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 20, 2023 – Nov 12, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 12, 2025WVI · Full0JOSEPH P CHABUT 904186B298738/WV
Oct 15, 2024WVII · Walk-around0JOSEPH P CHABUT 904186B298738/WV
Oct 20, 2023WVII · Walk-around0JOSEPH P CHABUT 904186B298738/WV
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
JOSEPH P CHABUT904186Oct 20, 2023Nov 12, 20253WV
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.
B298738WVJOSEPH P CHABUTOct 20, 2023Nov 12, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 25, 2026