Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2024 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHHDR6RSVJ8529 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Sleeper
Carriers run under1
12 mo
Inspections11
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 11
First seenJan 15, 2025
OR
Last seenJan 8, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHHDR6RSVJ8529
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2024
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 17, 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
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
1994 or 2024

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
VJ8529

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
2024

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 · Jan 15, 2025 – Jan 8, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 8, 2026CAI · Full0ROYAL CARRIER LLC 2907843ZP16780/CA
Dec 30, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0ROYAL CARRIER LLC 2907843ZP16780/CA
Dec 21, 2025CAII · Walk-around1ROYAL CARRIER LLC 2907843ZP16780/CA
Dec 15, 2025CAII · Walk-around0ROYAL CARRIER LLC 2907843ZP16780/CA
Nov 7, 2025CAI · Full2ROYAL CARRIER LLC 2907843ZP16780/CA
Oct 25, 2025CAII · Walk-around0ROYAL CARRIER LLC 2907843ZP16780/CA
Oct 21, 2025ORIII · Driver-only0ROYAL CARRIER LLC 2907843ZP16780/CA
Sep 8, 2025CAII · Walk-around0ROYAL CARRIER LLC 2907843ZP16780/CA
Sep 6, 2025CAII · Walk-around0ROYAL CARRIER LLC 2907843ZP16780/CA
Jun 16, 2025CAII · Walk-around1ROYAL CARRIER LLC 2907843ZP16780/CA
Jan 15, 2025ORIII · Driver-only2ROYAL CARRIER LLC 2907843ZP16780/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ROYAL CARRIER LLC2907843Jan 15, 2025Jan 8, 202611CA
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
ZP16780CAROYAL CARRIER LLCJan 15, 2025Jan 8, 202611
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 17, 2026