Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2008 Freightliner Columbia

3AKJA6CG68DAJ9325 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Columbia 120
Carriers run under1
13 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 8
First seenMay 23, 2024
TX
Last seenJun 19, 2025
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJA6CG68DAJ9325
Make
Freightliner
Model
Columbia
Model year
2008
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
3AK

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
JA6CG

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
2008 or 2038

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

North American serial sequence
AJ9325

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 · 88 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Columbia

Prefix basis · 88 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Columbia 120

Sourced label · prefix basis 88 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

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
2008

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FREIGHTLINER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Columbia

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
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · May 23, 2024 – Jun 19, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 19, 2025TXII · Walk-around4AUTOTRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS MTL SA DE CV 358692223BE6P/MX
Jun 14, 2025TXII · Walk-around7AUTOTRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS MTL SA DE CV 358692223BE6P/MX
Jun 3, 2025TXI · Full7OOSAUTOTRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS MTL SA DE CV 358692223BE6P/MX
May 20, 2025TXII · Walk-around1AUTOTRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS MTL SA DE CV 358692272W876V/TX
Aug 8, 2024TXI · Full5AUTOTRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS MTL SA DE CV 358692223BE6P/MX
Jul 23, 2024TXI · Full2AUTOTRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS MTL SA DE CV 358692223BE6P/MX
Jul 2, 2024USI · Full0AUTOTRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS MTL SA DE CV 358692223BE6P/MX
May 23, 2024TXI · Full3AUTOTRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS MTL SA DE CV 358692223BE6P/MX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
AUTOTRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS MTL SA DE CV3586922May 23, 2024Jun 19, 20258NL
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.
23BE6PMXAUTOTRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS MTL SA DE CVMay 23, 2024Jun 19, 20257
72W876VTXAUTOTRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS MTL SA DE CVMay 20, 2025May 20, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026