Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLDV2JSJZ6981 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
7 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 6
First seenSep 30, 2025
AZ
Last seenApr 27, 2026
NM
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLDV2JSJZ6981
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 30, 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
JGLDV

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

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
JZ6981

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 · 2,544 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 2,544 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 2,544 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 2,544 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 2,544 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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Sep 30, 2025 – Apr 27, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 27, 2026NMII · Walk-around2OOSJIND CARRIER INC 3348158ZP82876/CA
Jan 21, 2026AZII · Walk-around12OOSJIND CARRIER INC 3348158ZP82876/CA
Dec 22, 2025ILIII · Driver-only3OOSJIND CARRIER INC 3348158ZP62230/CA
Nov 17, 2025MOIII · Driver-only3JIND CARRIER INC 3348158ZP62230/CA
Oct 1, 2025COIII · Driver-only0JIND CARRIER INC 3348158ZP62230/CA
Sep 30, 2025AZIII · Driver-only2JIND CARRIER INC 3348158ZP62230/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
JIND CARRIER INC3348158Sep 30, 2025Apr 27, 20266CA
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.
ZP82876CA1JIND CARRIER INCJan 21, 2026Apr 27, 20262
ZP62230CAJIND CARRIER INCSep 30, 2025Dec 22, 20254
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 30, 2026