Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHHDR0JSJS5209 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Sleeper
Carriers run under1
32 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenAug 23, 2023
NC
Last seenApr 29, 2026
IN
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHHDR0JSJS5209
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
JHHDR

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

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
JS5209

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 · 146,134 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 146,134 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
126

Sourced label · prefix basis 146,134 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
126

Sourced label · prefix basis 146,134 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 146,134 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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 23, 2023 – Apr 29, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 29, 2026INIII · Driver-only2ROSS TRANSPORTATION LLC 3705044R771272/TX
Dec 8, 2025NMIII · Driver-only0ROSS TRANSPORTATION LLC 3705044R771272/TX
Apr 9, 2024MOIII · Driver-only0ROSS TRANSPORTATION LLC 3705044R643091/TX
Oct 19, 2023KYII · Walk-around1ROSS TRANSPORTATION LLC 3705044R643091/TX
Aug 23, 2023NCIII · Driver-only0ROSS TRANSPORTATION LLC 3705044R643091/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ROSS TRANSPORTATION LLC3705044Aug 23, 2023Apr 29, 20265TX
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.
R771272TXROSS TRANSPORTATION LLCDec 8, 2025Apr 29, 20262
R643091TXROSS TRANSPORTATION LLCAug 23, 2023Apr 9, 20243
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 30, 2026