Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLDR2HSHZ6979 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
32 mo
Inspections17
all-time
OOS inspections5
of 17
First seenAug 12, 2023
AZ
Last seenApr 9, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLDR2HSHZ6979
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2017
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 14, 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
JGLDR

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
HZ6979

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 · 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 16,819 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
2017

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 · Aug 12, 2023 – Apr 9, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 9, 2026CAI · Full0JL XPRESS INC 2563169YP10283/CA
Mar 30, 2026CAI · Full1JL XPRESS INC 2563169YP10283/CA
Dec 30, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0JL XPRESS INC 2563169YP10283/CA
Nov 21, 2025CAIII · Driver-only1JL XPRESS INC 2563169YP10283/CA
Oct 15, 2025CAI · Full2JL XPRESS INC 2563169YP10283/CA
Sep 2, 2025CAI · Full0JL XPRESS INC 2563169YP10283/CA
Aug 28, 2025CAII · Walk-around0JL XPRESS INC 2563169YP10283/CA
Aug 26, 2025CAI · Full6OOSJL XPRESS INC 2563169YP10283/CA
Sep 3, 2024CAI · Full1JL XPRESS INC 2563169YP10283/CA
Jul 26, 2024CAI · Full1OOSJL XPRESS INC 2563169YP10283/CA
Apr 26, 2024USIII · Driver-only0JL XPRESS INC 2563169YP10283/CA
Apr 4, 2024CAI · Full0JL XPRESS INC 2563169YP10283/CA
Mar 28, 2024AZI · Full2JL XPRESS INC 2563169YP10283/CA
Feb 6, 2024CAII · Walk-around0JL XPRESS INC 2563169YP10283/CA
Nov 24, 2023AZI · Full9OOSJL XPRESS INC 2563169YP10283/CA
Sep 6, 2023CAI · Full3OOSJL XPRESS INC 2563169YP10283/CA
Aug 12, 2023AZII · Walk-around5OOSJL XPRESS INC 2563169YP10283/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
JL XPRESS INC2563169Aug 12, 2023Apr 9, 202617CA
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.
YP10283CAJL XPRESS INCAug 12, 2023Apr 9, 202617
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 14, 2026