Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHHDR9JSJR5436 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Sleeper
Carriers run under1
19 mo
Inspections9
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 9
First seenDec 10, 2024
IL
Last seenJul 16, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHHDR9JSJR5436
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2018
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 26, 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
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
JR5436

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
2018

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 · Dec 10, 2024 – Jul 16, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 16, 2026CAI · Full0JAP TRANSLINK INC 4288720ZP43555/CA
Jul 16, 2026CAI · Full1OOSJAP TRANSLINK INC 4288720ZP43555/CA
Jul 6, 2026CAIII · Driver-only0JAP TRANSLINK INC 4288720ZP43555/CA
Apr 29, 2026CAII · Walk-around0JAP TRANSLINK INC 4288720ZP43555/CA
Feb 27, 2026CAII · Walk-around0JAP TRANSLINK INC 4288720ZP43555/CA
Nov 21, 2025OHII · Walk-around4OOSJAP TRANSLINK INC 4288720ZP43555/CA
Apr 16, 2025AZII · Walk-around1JAP TRANSLINK INC 4288720ZP43555/CA
Jan 14, 2025CAI · Full3OOSJAP TRANSLINK INC 4288720ZP43555/CA
Dec 10, 2024ILIII · Driver-only0JAP TRANSLINK INC 4288720ZP43555/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
JAP TRANSLINK INC4288720Dec 10, 2024Jul 16, 20269CA
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.
ZP43555CA1JAP TRANSLINK INCDec 10, 2024Jul 16, 20269
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 26, 2026