Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGEDV3JSJK4618 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Day cab
Carriers run under2
26 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 6
First seenJun 20, 2023
CA
Last seenAug 23, 2025
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 26 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGEDV3JSJK4618
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 25, 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
JGEDV

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

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
JK4618

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 · 3,308 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 3,308 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 3,308 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 3,308 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Day cab

Sourced label · prefix basis 3,308 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 · Jun 20, 2023 – Aug 23, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 23, 2025CAII · Walk-around0FRANCISCO DUARTE GONZALEZ 17172979G48124/CA
Jul 18, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0FRANCISCO DUARTE GONZALEZ 17172979G48124/CA
Mar 22, 2025CAII · Walk-around0FRANCISCO DUARTE GONZALEZ 17172979G48124/CA
Aug 23, 2024CAII · Walk-around0FRANCISCO DUARTE GONZALEZ 17172979G48124/CA
Apr 20, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0FRANCISCO DUARTE GONZALEZ 17172979G48124/CA
Jun 20, 2023CAI · Full0MOUNTAIN VALLEY EXPRESS LLC 1722793261856/IN
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
FRANCISCO DUARTE GONZALEZ1717297Apr 20, 2024Aug 23, 20255CA
MOUNTAIN VALLEY EXPRESS LLC172279Jun 20, 2023Jun 20, 20231CA
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.
9G48124CAFRANCISCO DUARTE GONZALEZApr 20, 2024Aug 23, 20255
3261856INMOUNTAIN VALLEY EXPRESS LLCJun 20, 2023Jun 20, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 25, 2026