Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Freightliner Cascadia

1FUJGLDRXJLJK5039 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Sleeper125
Carriers run under1
17 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 7
First seenNov 22, 2024
PA
Last seenApr 29, 2026
NJ
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1FUJGLDRXJLJK5039
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2018
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 21, 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
JGLDR

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

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
JK5039

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 · 11,919 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 11,919 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 11,919 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 11,919 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 11,919 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

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
2018

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FREIGHTLINER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Cascadia

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Nov 22, 2024 – Apr 29, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 29, 2026NJIII · Driver-only1A BETTER WAY TRANS LLC 4100022AZ283R/NJ
Jun 27, 2025NYIII · Driver-only0A BETTER WAY TRANS LLC 4100022AZ283R/NJ
May 14, 2025PAII · Walk-around0A BETTER WAY TRANS LLC 4100022AZ283R/NJ
May 2, 2025MDII · Walk-around0A BETTER WAY TRANS LLC 4100022AZ283R/NJ
Feb 24, 2025MDII · Walk-around2A BETTER WAY TRANS LLC 4100022AY276U/NJ
Nov 27, 2024PAIII · Driver-only1A BETTER WAY TRANS LLC 4100022AY276U/NJ
Nov 22, 2024PAIII · Driver-only1A BETTER WAY TRANS LLC 4100022AY276U/NJ
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
A BETTER WAY TRANS LLC4100022Nov 22, 2024Apr 29, 20267NJ
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.
AZ283RNJA BETTER WAY TRANS LLCMay 2, 2025Apr 29, 20264
AY276UNJA BETTER WAY TRANS LLCNov 22, 2024Feb 24, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026