Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKBHTDV9LSMD1358 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
116Day cab
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 4
First seenApr 9, 2024
CA
Last seenApr 21, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKBHTDV9LSMD1358
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2020
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 12, 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
3AK

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
BHTDV

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
MD1358

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 · 370 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 370 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
116

Sourced label · prefix basis 370 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
Not established

No sourced generation label is established.

No source established for this field.

Cab type
Day cab

Sourced label · prefix basis 370 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
2020

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.

Not established

  • generation

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Apr 9, 2024 – Apr 21, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 21, 2026CAI · Full0HEADSTART NURSERY INC 8142329H21561/CA
May 15, 2025CAI · Full0HEADSTART NURSERY INC 8142329H06930/CA
Apr 23, 2024CAII · Walk-around2OOSHEADSTART NURSERY INC 8142329G12862/CA
Apr 9, 2024CAI · Full0HEADSTART NURSERY INC 8142329G12862/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
HEADSTART NURSERY INC814232Apr 9, 2024Apr 21, 20264CA
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.
9H21561CAHEADSTART NURSERY INCApr 21, 2026Apr 21, 20261
9H06930CAHEADSTART NURSERY INCMay 15, 2025May 15, 20251
9G12862CAHEADSTART NURSERY INCApr 9, 2024Apr 23, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 12, 2026