Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLDR8HSHJ2938 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under2
31 mo
Inspections11
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 11
First seenJul 6, 2023
CA
Last seenFeb 11, 2026
NV
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 31 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLDR8HSHJ2938
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 18, 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
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

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
HJ2938

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 · Jul 6, 2023 – Feb 11, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 11, 2026NVIII · Driver-only4AMITOJ TRANS INC 3426913ZP32532/CA
Oct 4, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0AMITOJ TRANS INC 3426913ZP32532/CA
Aug 28, 2025IDI · Full3AMITOJ TRANS INC 3426913ZP32532/CA
Jul 22, 2025NVI · Full10OOSAMITOJ TRANS INC 3426913ZP32532/CA
Jul 14, 2025MTII · Walk-around3AMITOJ TRANS INC 3426913ZP32532/CA
Jun 29, 2025NVIII · Driver-only2AMITOJ TRANS INC 3426913ZP32532/CA
Jun 13, 2025MTI · Full4OOSAMITOJ TRANS INC 3426913ZP32532/CA
Aug 29, 2024NVII · Walk-around5AMITOJ TRANS INC 3426913ZP32532/CA
Aug 27, 2024NVIII · Driver-only3AMITOJ TRANS INC 3426913ZP32532/CA
Jun 22, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0AMITOJ TRANS INC 3426913YP72871/CA
Jul 6, 2023CAI · Full10OOSAMBER LIGHT TRUCKING INC 1441089YP72871/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
AMITOJ TRANS INC3426913Jun 22, 2024Feb 11, 202610CA
AMBER LIGHT TRUCKING INC1441089Jul 6, 2023Jul 6, 20231CA
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.
ZP32532CAAMITOJ TRANS INCAug 27, 2024Feb 11, 20269
YP72871CAAMITOJ TRANS INCJun 22, 2024Jun 22, 20241
YP72871CAAMBER LIGHT TRUCKING INCJul 6, 2023Jul 6, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 18, 2026