Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHHDR5JSJY4742 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Sleeper
Carriers run under2
35 mo
Inspections16
all-time
OOS inspections5
of 16
First seenAug 9, 2023
CA
Last seenJul 15, 2026
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 35 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.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHHDR5JSJY4742
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 14, 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
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

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
JY4742

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 9, 2023 – Jul 15, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 15, 2026CAI · Full4OOSBUTATA LLC 3729595ZP11776/CA
Jul 7, 2025CAIII · Driver-only3GSM CARRIER INC 2744715ZP11776/CA
Jun 25, 2025ORIII · Driver-only1GSM CARRIER INC 2744715ZP11776/CA
May 22, 2025CAII · Walk-around0GSM CARRIER INC 2744715ZP11776/CA
Jan 16, 2025CAI · Full4OOSGSM CARRIER INC 2744715ZP11776/CA
Jan 16, 2025CAI · Full0GSM CARRIER INC 2744715ZP11776/CA
Jan 7, 2025CAIII · Driver-only1OOSGSM CARRIER INC 2744715ZP11776/CA
Nov 6, 2024ORII · Walk-around2OOSGSM CARRIER INC 2744715ZP11776/CA
Aug 1, 2024CAIII · Driver-only2GSM CARRIER INC 2744715YP06458/CA
Jun 19, 2024CAI · Full1GSM CARRIER INC 2744715YP06458/CA
Mar 7, 2024WAIII · Driver-only0GSM CARRIER INC 2744715YP06458/CA
Jan 20, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0GSM CARRIER INC 2744715YP06458/CA
Oct 8, 2023CAI · Full0GSM CARRIER INC 2744715YP06458/CA
Sep 28, 2023WAII · Walk-around2GSM CARRIER INC 2744715YP06458/CA
Sep 17, 2023CAIII · Driver-only0GSM CARRIER INC 2744715YP06458/CA
Aug 9, 2023CAI · Full1OOSGSM CARRIER INC 2744715YP06458/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BUTATA LLC3729595Jul 15, 2026Jul 15, 20261WA
GSM CARRIER INC2744715Aug 9, 2023Jul 7, 202515CA
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.
ZP11776CA1BUTATA LLCJul 15, 2026Jul 15, 20261
ZP11776CAGSM CARRIER INCNov 6, 2024Jul 7, 20257
YP06458CAGSM CARRIER INCAug 9, 2023Aug 1, 20248
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 14, 2026