Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2023 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHLDR7PDUD3165 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Day cab
Carriers run under1
22 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 7
First seenJul 28, 2023
MS
Last seenMay 21, 2025
TN
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHLDR7PDUD3165
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
JHLDR

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

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
UD3165

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 · 4,711 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 4,711 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
126

Sourced label · prefix basis 4,711 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
126

Sourced label · prefix basis 4,711 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Day cab

Sourced label · prefix basis 4,711 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 28, 2023 – May 21, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 21, 2025TNI · Full3OOSELLIS STEEL CO INC 2485183362095/IN
Apr 7, 2025MSIII · Driver-only0ELLIS STEEL CO INC 24851833622095/IN
Dec 12, 2024MSII · Walk-around0ELLIS STEEL CO INC 2485183362095/IN
Nov 20, 2024MSII · Walk-around0ELLIS STEEL CO INC 2485183362095/IN
Aug 28, 2024MSI · Full0ELLIS STEEL CO INC 2485183362095/IN
Nov 28, 2023MSII · Walk-around1OOSELLIS STEEL CO INC 2485183362095/IN
Jul 28, 2023MSIII · Driver-only0ELLIS STEEL CO INC 2485183362095/PA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ELLIS STEEL CO INC248518Jul 28, 2023May 21, 20257MS
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.
3362095INELLIS STEEL CO INCNov 28, 2023May 21, 20255
33622095INELLIS STEEL CO INCApr 7, 2025Apr 7, 20251
3362095PAELLIS STEEL CO INCJul 28, 2023Jul 28, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026