Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2026 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHHDR5TSWJ2005 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Sleeper
Carriers run under1
15 mo
Inspections12
all-time
OOS inspections5
of 12
First seenApr 24, 2025
TX
Last seenJul 15, 2026
NM
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHHDR5TSWJ2005
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2026
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 17, 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
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1996 or 2026

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

North American serial sequence
WJ2005

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
2026

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 · Apr 24, 2025 – Jul 15, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 15, 2026NMII · Walk-around4OOSSUNLIGHT CARRIER INC 2491185ZP64546/CA
May 21, 2026NMII · Walk-around1OOSSUNLIGHT CARRIER INC 2491185ZP64546/CA
Apr 13, 2026CAII · Walk-around11SUNLIGHT CARRIER INC 2491185ZP64546/CA
Mar 17, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0SUNLIGHT CARRIER INC 2491185ZP64546/CA
Feb 9, 2026CAI · Full18OOSSUNLIGHT CARRIER INC 2491185ZP64546/CA
Feb 5, 2026AZII · Walk-around4SUNLIGHT CARRIER INC 2491185ZP64546/CA
Feb 1, 2026NMIII · Driver-only0SUNLIGHT CARRIER INC 2491185ZP64546/CA
Dec 28, 2025TXII · Walk-around5SUNLIGHT CARRIER INC 2491185ZP64546/CA
Sep 9, 2025AZII · Walk-around9OOSSUNLIGHT CARRIER INC 2491185ZP64546/CA
Sep 5, 2025AZIII · Driver-only1SUNLIGHT CARRIER INC 2491185ZP64546/CA
May 5, 2025AZII · Walk-around6SUNLIGHT CARRIER INC 2491185R778518/TX
Apr 24, 2025TXII · Walk-around6OOSSUNLIGHT CARRIER INC 2491185R778518/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SUNLIGHT CARRIER INC2491185Apr 24, 2025Jul 15, 202612CA
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.
ZP64546CA1SUNLIGHT CARRIER INCSep 5, 2025Jul 15, 202610
R778518TXSUNLIGHT CARRIER INCApr 24, 2025May 5, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 17, 2026