Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLDR3JSJN8078 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
14 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 5
First seenJul 18, 2023
CA
Last seenSep 25, 2024
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLDR3JSJN8078
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
Jun 30, 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
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
JN8078

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
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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jul 18, 2023 – Sep 25, 2024

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 25, 2024CAIII · Driver-only1BAL TRANS INC 31989419G81207/CA
Apr 24, 2024CAIII · Driver-only1OOSBAL TRANS INC 31989419G81207/CA
Feb 5, 2024CAI · Full1BAL TRANS INC 31989419G81207/CA
Jul 19, 2023CAI · Full0BAL TRANS INC 3198941YP70595/CA
Jul 18, 2023CAIII · Driver-only0BAL TRANS INC 3198941YP70595/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BAL TRANS INC3198941Jul 18, 2023Sep 25, 20245CA
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.
9G81207CABAL TRANS INCFeb 5, 2024Sep 25, 20243
YP70595CABAL TRANS INCJul 18, 2023Jul 19, 20232
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 30, 2026