Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLDR5HSHJ4551 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
29 mo
Inspections9
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 9
First seenFeb 20, 2024
IL
Last seenJul 30, 2026
MO
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLDR5HSHJ4551
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 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
JGLDR

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

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
HJ4551

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Feb 20, 2024 – Jul 30, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 30, 2026MOIII · Driver-only0AMERICAN FALCON TRANSPORTATION INC 3735001P1246136/IL
May 12, 2026ILII · Walk-around1OOSAMERICAN FALCON TRANSPORTATION INC 3735001P1246136/IL
May 12, 2026ILII · Walk-around1OOSAMERICAN FALCON TRANSPORTATION INC 3735001P1246136/IL
Nov 19, 2025OHIII · Driver-only0AMERICAN FALCON TRANSPORTATION INC 3735001P1246136/IL
Sep 23, 2025ILIII · Driver-only0AMERICAN FALCON TRANSPORTATION INC 3735001P1246136/IL
Mar 27, 2025ILIII · Driver-only0AMERICAN FALCON TRANSPORTATION INC 3735001P1246136/IL
Jul 18, 2024ILIII · Driver-only0AMERICAN FALCON TRANSPORTATION INC 3735001P1246136/IL
Jun 26, 2024IAII · Walk-around2AMERICAN FALCON TRANSPORTATION INC 3735001P 1246136/IL
Feb 20, 2024ILIII · Driver-only0AMERICAN FALCON TRANSPORTATION INC 3735001P1150672/IL
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
AMERICAN FALCON TRANSPORTATION INC3735001Feb 20, 2024Jul 30, 20269IL
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.
P1246136IL1AMERICAN FALCON TRANSPORTATION INCJul 18, 2024Jul 30, 20267
P 1246136ILAMERICAN FALCON TRANSPORTATION INCJun 26, 2024Jun 26, 20241
P1150672ILAMERICAN FALCON TRANSPORTATION INCFeb 20, 2024Feb 20, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026