Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2021 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHHDR8MSMD9836 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Sleeper
Carriers run under1
20 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 8
First seenJan 10, 2024
GA
Last seenSep 15, 2025
AL
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHHDR8MSMD9836
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
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

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
MD9836

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 · Jan 10, 2024 – Sep 15, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 15, 2025ALII · Walk-around1PENGFEI EXPRESS INC 3481611YP87634/CA
May 26, 2025ALIII · Driver-only4PENGFEI EXPRESS INC 3481611YP87634/CA
May 17, 2025TXII · Walk-around4PENGFEI EXPRESS INC 3481611YP87634/CA
Feb 3, 2025GAIII · Driver-only0PENGFEI EXPRESS INC 3481611YP87634/CA
Oct 1, 2024SCII · Walk-around2OOSPENGFEI EXPRESS INC 3481611YP87634/CA
Sep 10, 2024SCIII · Driver-only1PENGFEI EXPRESS INC 3481611YP87634/CA
May 16, 2024ALII · Walk-around0PENGFEI EXPRESS INC 3481611YP87634/CA
Jan 10, 2024GAII · Walk-around2OOSPENGFEI EXPRESS INC 3481611YP87634/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
PENGFEI EXPRESS INC3481611Jan 10, 2024Sep 15, 20258CA
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
YP87634CAPENGFEI EXPRESS INCJan 10, 2024Sep 15, 20258
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026