Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2023 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHHDRXPSNU8470 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Sleeper
Carriers run under1
30 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 8
First seenOct 17, 2023
KS
Last seenApr 15, 2026
MA
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHHDRXPSNU8470
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 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
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

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
NU8470

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 · Oct 17, 2023 – Apr 15, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 15, 2026MAIII · Driver-only2BLACK PEARL TRANS INC 2833801R834441/TX
Sep 1, 2025CAII · Walk-around6BLACK PEARL TRANS INC 2833801R697829/TX
Apr 13, 2025ILII · Walk-around0BLACK PEARL TRANS INC 2833801R697829/TX
Jan 22, 2025DEII · Walk-around0BLACK PEARL TRANS INC 2833801R697829/TX
Dec 13, 2024LAII · Walk-around2BLACK PEARL TRANS INC 2833801R697829/TX
Sep 23, 2024CAII · Walk-around0BLACK PEARL TRANS INC 2833801R697829/TX
Apr 15, 2024NJIII · Driver-only0BLACK PEARL TRANS INC 2833801R697829/TX
Oct 17, 2023KSIII · Driver-only0BLACK PEARL TRANS INC 2833801R697829/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BLACK PEARL TRANS INC2833801Oct 17, 2023Apr 15, 20268TX
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.
R834441TXBLACK PEARL TRANS INCApr 15, 2026Apr 15, 20261
R697829TXBLACK PEARL TRANS INCOct 17, 2023Sep 1, 20257
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026