8 prefixes
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.
| Prefix | Manufacturer of record | Vehicle type | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2FU | FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION | Truck | CANADA |
| 2FV | FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION | Incomplete Vehicle | CANADA |
| 3FF | FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION | Incomplete Vehicle | MEXICO |
| 4UZ | FREIGHTLINER CUSTOM CHASSIS CORP. | Incomplete Vehicle | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| AFV | FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION | Truck | SOUTH AFRICA |
| KFB | FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION | Truck | ISRAEL |
| RSA | FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION | Incomplete Vehicle | SAUDI ARABIA |
| RSB | FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION | Truck | SAUDI ARABIA |
What Freightliner stamps them on
- Truck4
- Incomplete Vehicle4
Current Freightliner models
Models NHTSA lists for the most recent complete model year.
- 108SD
- 114SD
- Argosy
- B2 106 Conventional Chassis
- B2 Bus Chassis
- B2 HEV 106 CONVENTIONAL BUS CHASSIS
- B2G 106
- B2LPG 106
- C112
- C120
- CST112
- CST120
- Cascadia
- Classic
- Columbia
- Condor
- Coronado
- EB2 106
- EF Front Engine Bus Chassis
- EFX Front Engine Bus Chassis
- EHDX
- FB 65 Chassis
- FBX 106 Shuttle Bus Chassis
- FC70
- FC80
- FL106
- FL112
- FL50
- FL60
- FL70
- FL80
- FLB
- FLD112
- FLD120
- FLD132
- FLS112 Legacy
- FS 65 Chassis
- HDX Rear Engine Bus Chassis
- M-B MBO Chassis
- M2
Other makes
Prefix table from NHTSA vPIC, built 2026-08-09. 888 prefixes across the site.