Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKNGHDV3JSHN1809 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
113Sleeper
Carriers run under1
3 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 3
First seenJun 23, 2025
NE
Last seenSep 16, 2025
SD
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKNGHDV3JSHN1809
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
Aug 2, 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
NGHDV

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

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
HN1809

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 · 5 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 5 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
113

Sourced label · prefix basis 5 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
Not established

No sourced generation label is established.

No source established for this field.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 5 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.

Not established

  • generation

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jun 23, 2025 – Sep 16, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 16, 2025SDIII · Driver-only0BOWERS TRUCKIN LLC 4348372FZ9746/IA
Sep 8, 2025KSII · Walk-around2OOSBOWERS TRUCKIN LLC 4348372FZ9746/IA
Jun 23, 2025NEIII · Driver-only1BOWERS TRUCKIN LLC 4348372FZ9746/IA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BOWERS TRUCKIN LLC4348372Jun 23, 2025Sep 16, 20253IA
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.
FZ9746IABOWERS TRUCKIN LLCJun 23, 2025Sep 16, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 2, 2026