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Freightliner VIN decoder

Put a Freightliner VIN in and get the full NHTSA specification plus any open recalls. Below, every manufacturer prefix a Freightliner can start with.

Where a Freightliner VIN starts

The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier. Freightliner vehicles carry 8 of them, spread across 6 countries of manufacture, because the same model can be built on more than one continent. The prefix tells you which plant lineage built the car before you decode anything else.

PrefixManufacturer of recordVehicle typeCountry
2FUFREIGHTLINER CORPORATIONTruckCANADA
2FVFREIGHTLINER CORPORATIONIncomplete VehicleCANADA
3FFFREIGHTLINER CORPORATIONIncomplete VehicleMEXICO
4UZFREIGHTLINER CUSTOM CHASSIS CORP.Incomplete VehicleUNITED STATES (USA)
AFVFREIGHTLINER CORPORATIONTruckSOUTH AFRICA
KFBFREIGHTLINER CORPORATIONTruckISRAEL
RSAFREIGHTLINER CORPORATIONIncomplete VehicleSAUDI ARABIA
RSBFREIGHTLINER CORPORATIONTruckSAUDI ARABIA

What Freightliner stamps them on

Current Freightliner models

Models NHTSA lists for the most recent complete model year.

Other makes

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Prefix table from NHTSA vPIC, built 2026-08-09. 888 prefixes across the site.