Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGHDV9HSHR2518 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
113Sleeper
Carriers run under1
22 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 8
First seenFeb 28, 2024
MN
Last seenDec 7, 2025
IL
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGHDV9HSHR2518
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2017
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
JGHDV

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
HR2518

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 · 2,111 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 2,111 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
113

Sourced label · prefix basis 2,111 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
Not established

No sourced generation label is established.

No source established for this field.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 2,111 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
2017

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Feb 28, 2024 – Dec 7, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 7, 2025ILIII · Driver-only0OTR EXPRESS INC 2515919P1214642/IL
Nov 18, 2025GAIII · Driver-only1OTR EXPRESS INC 2515919P1214642/IL
Nov 13, 2024MOIII · Driver-only3OTR EXPRESS INC 2515919P1214642/IL
Oct 2, 2024MNI · Full2OTR EXPRESS INC 2515919P1214642/IL
Sep 16, 2024ILIII · Driver-only0OTR EXPRESS INC 2515919P1214642/IL
Aug 19, 2024TNIII · Driver-only0OTR EXPRESS INC 2515919P1214642/IL
Apr 25, 2024MOII · Walk-around1OTR EXPRESS INC 2515919P1214642/IL
Feb 28, 2024MNII · Walk-around3OOSOTR EXPRESS INC 2515919P1214642/IL
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
OTR EXPRESS INC2515919Feb 28, 2024Dec 7, 20258IL
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
P1214642ILOTR EXPRESS INCFeb 28, 2024Dec 7, 20258
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026