Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLDR9HSHT4396 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
30 mo
Inspections10
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 10
First seenAug 17, 2023
CA
Last seenFeb 25, 2026
CA
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLDR9HSHT4396
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 19, 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
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

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
HT4396

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 · Aug 17, 2023 – Feb 25, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 25, 2026CAI · Full1MEHTAB TRANS INC 3946349YP92739/CA
Jan 8, 2026CAII · Walk-around0MEHTAB TRANS INC 3946349YP92739/CA
Dec 4, 2025CAII · Walk-around1MEHTAB TRANS INC 3946349YP92739/CA
Nov 14, 2025CAI · Full3MEHTAB TRANS INC 3946349YP92739/CA
Sep 9, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0MEHTAB TRANS INC 3946349YP92739/CA
Sep 2, 2025CAII · Walk-around2MEHTAB TRANS INC 3946349YP92739/CA
Mar 28, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0MEHTAB TRANS INC 3946349YP92739/CA
Jan 31, 2024CAII · Walk-around1MEHTAB TRANS INC 3946349YP92739/CA
Sep 20, 2023CAIII · Driver-only1MEHTAB TRANS INC 3946349YP92739/CA
Aug 17, 2023CAII · Walk-around0MEHTAB TRANS INC 3946349YP92739/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MEHTAB TRANS INC3946349Aug 17, 2023Feb 25, 202610CA
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.
YP92739CAMEHTAB TRANS INCAug 17, 2023Feb 25, 202610
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 19, 2026