Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2021 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHHDR6MSMR8971 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Sleeper
Carriers run under1
23 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 8
First seenApr 10, 2024
NY
Last seenMar 2, 2026
MD
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHHDR6MSMR8971
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2021
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
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
1991 or 2021

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

North American serial sequence
MR8971

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
2021

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 10, 2024 – Mar 2, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 2, 2026MDII · Walk-around0BOND TRANSIT INC 2312547P1081370/IL
Feb 10, 2026NCII · Walk-around0BOND TRANSIT INC 2312547P1081370/MN
Nov 13, 2025TNIII · Driver-only0BOND TRANSIT INC 2312547P1081370/IL
Apr 8, 2025INIII · Driver-only1BOND TRANSIT INC 2312547P1081370/IL
Jun 26, 2024TNI · Full2OOSBOND TRANSIT INC 2312547P1081370/IL
May 21, 2024VAI · Full1BOND TRANSIT INC 2312547P1081370/IL
May 9, 2024MEII · Walk-around1OOSBOND TRANSIT INC 2312547P1081370/IL
Apr 10, 2024NYIII · Driver-only0BOND TRANSIT INC 2312547P1081370/IL
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BOND TRANSIT INC2312547Apr 10, 2024Mar 2, 20268IL
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.
P1081370ILBOND TRANSIT INCApr 10, 2024Mar 2, 20267
P1081370MNBOND TRANSIT INCFeb 10, 2026Feb 10, 20261
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026