Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2023 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHHDR8PSUE1204 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Sleeper
Carriers run under1
35 mo
Inspections10
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 10
First seenJul 3, 2023
VA
Last seenJun 1, 2026
MN
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHHDR8PSUE1204
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2023
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 19, 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
1993 or 2023

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

North American serial sequence
UE1204

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
2023

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 · Jul 3, 2023 – Jun 1, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 1, 2026MNI · Full4OOSASCEND TRUCKING LLC 3714095R6978HY/TN
Mar 11, 2026ARII · Walk-around5OOSASCEND TRUCKING LLC 3714095R6978HY/TN
Jul 21, 2025TNI · Full1OOSASCEND TRUCKING LLC 3714095R6978HY/TN
Jun 20, 2025ARIII · Driver-only1ASCEND TRUCKING LLC 3714095R6978HY/TN
Dec 2, 2024KYI · Full1ASCEND TRUCKING LLC 3714095R6978HY/TN
Apr 10, 2024ILII · Walk-around0ASCEND TRUCKING LLC 3714095R6978HY/TN
Nov 28, 2023ARIII · Driver-only0ASCEND TRUCKING LLC 3714095R6978HY/TN
Oct 3, 2023KYIII · Driver-only2ASCEND TRUCKING LLC 3714095R6978HY/TN
Aug 10, 2023USI · Full0ASCEND TRUCKING LLC 3714095R6978HY/TN
Jul 3, 2023VAIII · Driver-only0ASCEND TRUCKING LLC 3714095R6978HY/TN
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ASCEND TRUCKING LLC3714095Jul 3, 2023Jun 1, 202610TN
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.
R6978HYTNASCEND TRUCKING LLCJul 3, 2023Jun 1, 202610
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 19, 2026