Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHHDR2LSME3489 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Sleeper
Carriers run under1
35 mo
Inspections11
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 11
First seenAug 21, 2023
CA
Last seenJul 11, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHHDR2LSME3489
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2020
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 20, 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
JHHDR

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
ME3489

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 · 146,134 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 146,134 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
126

Sourced label · prefix basis 146,134 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
126

Sourced label · prefix basis 146,134 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 146,134 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
2020

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 · Aug 21, 2023 – Jul 11, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 11, 2026CAI · Full0ELAK EXPRESS INC 2449620YP26357/CA
Jul 11, 2026CAI · Full8OOSELAK EXPRESS INC 2449620YP26357/CA
Apr 23, 2026CAI · Full0ELAK EXPRESS INC 2449620YP26357/CA
Apr 9, 2026UTIII · Driver-only0ELAK EXPRESS INC 24496202449620/CA
Mar 20, 2026CAII · Walk-around0ELAK EXPRESS INC 2449620YP26357/CA
Mar 2, 2026CAI · Full6OOSELAK EXPRESS INC 2449620YP26357/CA
Jul 16, 2025CAI · Full0ELAK EXPRESS INC 2449620YP26357/CA
Jun 17, 2025CAII · Walk-around0ELAK EXPRESS INC 2449620YP26357/CA
Mar 21, 2024CAI · Full0ELAK EXPRESS INC 2449620YP26357/CA
Mar 6, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0ELAK EXPRESS INC 2449620YP26357/CA
Aug 21, 2023CAII · Walk-around0ELAK EXPRESS INC 2449620YP26357/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ELAK EXPRESS INC2449620Aug 21, 2023Jul 11, 202611CA
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.
YP26357CA1ELAK EXPRESS INCAug 21, 2023Jul 11, 202610
2449620CAELAK EXPRESS INCApr 9, 2026Apr 9, 20261
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 20, 2026