Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKBGADV6JDJU7473 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
113Day cab
Carriers run under1
22 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 6
First seenJun 10, 2024
CA
Last seenApr 28, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKBGADV6JDJU7473
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2018
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
Decoded at
Jun 25, 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
BGADV

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

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
JU7473

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 · 395 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 395 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
113

Sourced label · prefix basis 395 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
Not established

No sourced generation label is established.

No source established for this field.

Cab type
Day cab

Sourced label · prefix basis 395 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 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • generation

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jun 10, 2024 – Apr 28, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 28, 2026CAII · Walk-around4RV ROADWAYS INC 392352363372B4/CA
Feb 20, 2025CAI · Full0RV ROADWAYS INC 392352363372B4/CA
Feb 19, 2025CAI · Full1OOSRV ROADWAYS INC 392352363372B4/CA
Jul 25, 2024CAIII · Driver-only1RV ROADWAYS INC 392352327975R3/CA
Jun 27, 2024CAII · Walk-around2OOSRV ROADWAYS INC 392352327975R3/CA
Jun 10, 2024CAII · Walk-around1RV ROADWAYS INC 392352327975R3/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RV ROADWAYS INC3923523Jun 10, 2024Apr 28, 20266CA
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.
63372B4CARV ROADWAYS INCFeb 19, 2025Apr 28, 20263
27975R3CARV ROADWAYS INCJun 10, 2024Jul 25, 20243
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 25, 2026