Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHHDR2LSMG3838 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Sleeper
Carriers run under1
31 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 8
First seenOct 31, 2023
KY
Last seenMay 7, 2026
CO
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHHDR2LSMG3838
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 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
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
MG3838

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 31, 2023 – May 7, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 7, 2026COIII · Driver-only1BAL 09 TRANS INC 4092467YP88311/CA
Jan 20, 2026CAI · Full0BAL 09 TRANS INC 4092467YP88311/CA
Sep 30, 2025KSII · Walk-around0BAL 09 TRANS INC 4092467YP88311/CA
Jul 1, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0BAL 09 TRANS INC 4092467YP88311/CA
Apr 10, 2025UTIII · Driver-only0BAL 09 TRANS INC 4092467YP88311/CA
Jul 3, 2024AZII · Walk-around0BAL 09 TRANS INC 4092467YP88311/CA
Dec 1, 2023ARIII · Driver-only0BAL 09 TRANS INC 4092467YP88311/CA
Oct 31, 2023KYI · Full5OOSBAL 09 TRANS INC 4092467YP88311/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BAL 09 TRANS INC4092467Oct 31, 2023May 7, 20268CA
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.
YP88311CABAL 09 TRANS INCOct 31, 2023May 7, 20268
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026