Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2019 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHHDR8KSKA0297 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Sleeper
Carriers run under1
11 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 6
First seenJul 8, 2025
NY
Last seenJun 11, 2026
NY
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHHDR8KSKA0297
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2019
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 28, 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
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1989 or 2019

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

North American serial sequence
KA0297

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
2019

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 · Jul 8, 2025 – Jun 11, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 11, 2026NYIII · Driver-only6OOSMARS MOTOR GROUP INC 38657080BY048/AB
Jun 11, 2026NYIII · Driver-only6OOSMARS MOTOR GROUP INC 38657080BY048/AB
May 19, 2026NYII · Walk-around1MARS MOTOR GROUP INC 38657080BY048/AB
May 14, 2026NYI · Full2MARS MOTOR GROUP INC 3865708OBY048/AB
Jan 13, 2026NYII · Walk-around0MARS MOTOR GROUP INC 38657080BY048/AB
Jul 8, 2025NYII · Walk-around1MARS MOTOR GROUP INC 38657080BY048/AB
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MARS MOTOR GROUP INC3865708Jul 8, 2025Jun 11, 20266AB
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.
0BY048AB1MARS MOTOR GROUP INCJul 8, 2025Jun 11, 20265
OBY048ABMARS MOTOR GROUP INCMay 14, 2026May 14, 20261
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 28, 2026