Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGEDV8JSJV4780 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Day cab
Carriers run under1
17 mo
Inspections27
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 27
First seenMar 20, 2025
TX
Last seenAug 12, 2026
US
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGEDV8JSJV4780
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 14, 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
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

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
JV4780

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 · Mar 20, 2025 – Aug 12, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 12, 2026USI · Full0SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
Jun 23, 2026TXI · Full4SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
Jun 16, 2026TXI · Full5SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
May 15, 2026TXI · Full4SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
May 13, 2026TXI · Full4SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
Apr 16, 2026TXI · Full0SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
Apr 14, 2026TXIII · Driver-only0SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
Mar 24, 2026TXI · Full6SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
Mar 2, 2026TXII · Walk-around3SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
Jan 2, 2026TXI · Full2SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
Dec 22, 2025TXI · Full4SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
Nov 14, 2025USI · Full3SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
Oct 27, 2025USI · Full8OOSSERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
Sep 26, 2025TXI · Full2SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
Sep 22, 2025TXI · Full4SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/DF
Sep 19, 2025TXIII · Driver-only0SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/DF
Sep 12, 2025TXI · Full5SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
Sep 9, 2025TXIII · Driver-only1SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
Aug 25, 2025TXI · Full1SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
Jul 31, 2025TXI · Full7OOSSERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
Jul 25, 2025TXI · Full3SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
Jul 21, 2025TXII · Walk-around0SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/CI
Jul 14, 2025USI · Full1SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/CI
Jul 11, 2025TXI · Full1SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
May 8, 2025USI · Full3SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
Apr 11, 2025TXII · Walk-around0SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/CI
Mar 20, 2025TXI · Full7OOSSERGIO VARELA MALDONADO 72522647ES2U/MX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SERGIO VARELA MALDONADO725226Mar 20, 2025Aug 12, 202627CI
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.
47ES2UMX1SERGIO VARELA MALDONADOMar 20, 2025Aug 12, 202622
47ES2UDFSERGIO VARELA MALDONADOSep 19, 2025Sep 22, 20252
47ES2UCISERGIO VARELA MALDONADOApr 11, 2025Jul 21, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 14, 2026