Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2023 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHHDR8PSUE9836 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Sleeper
Carriers run under1
32 mo
Inspections16
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 16
First seenAug 25, 2023
UT
Last seenApr 28, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHHDR8PSUE9836
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 14, 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
UE9836

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 25, 2023 – Apr 28, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 28, 2026CAI · Full0KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC 4288232516212/IN
Feb 11, 2026CAIII · Driver-only1KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC 4288232516212/IN
Dec 30, 2025CAI · Full0KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC 4288232516212/IN
Nov 18, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC 4288232516212/IN
Aug 25, 2025CAI · Full0KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC 42882325146212/IN
Jul 28, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC 4288232516212/IN
Jun 17, 2025CAII · Walk-around0KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC 4288232516212/IN
Dec 24, 2024CAI · Full0KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC 4288232516212/IN
Jul 9, 2024CAI · Full0KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC 4288232516212/IN
Jun 25, 2024NVIII · Driver-only0KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC 4288232516212/IN
May 6, 2024CAIII · Driver-only1KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC 4288232516212/IN
Mar 26, 2024CAI · Full0KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC 4288232516212/IN
Jan 8, 2024NVIII · Driver-only0KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC 4288232516212/IN
Nov 28, 2023NMIII · Driver-only0KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC 4288232516212/IN
Oct 16, 2023NMI · Full0KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC 4288232516212/IN
Aug 25, 2023UTIII · Driver-only0KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC 4288232516212/IN
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC428823Aug 25, 2023Apr 28, 202616AZ
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.
2516212INKNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INCAug 25, 2023Apr 28, 202615
25146212INKNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INCAug 25, 2025Aug 25, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 14, 2026