Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHHDR9JSKC1478 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Sleeper
Carriers run under1
16 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 6
First seenAug 23, 2024
MO
Last seenDec 10, 2025
NY
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHHDR9JSKC1478
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 26, 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
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

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
KC1478

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, 2024 – Dec 10, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 10, 2025NYII · Walk-around5OOSHAKUNA MATATA EXPRESS LLC 3650564P1315194/IL
May 15, 2025TXI · Full2HAKUNA MATATA EXPRESS LLC 3650564XE175R/FL
May 5, 2025NEIII · Driver-only2OOSHAKUNA MATATA EXPRESS LLC 3650564XE175R/FL
Jan 27, 2025SCIII · Driver-only3HAKUNA MATATA EXPRESS LLC 3650564XE175R/FL
Aug 26, 2024OHI · Full0HAKUNA MATATA EXPRESS LLC 3650564AB61YN/FL
Aug 23, 2024MOII · Walk-around0HAKUNA MATATA EXPRESS LLC 3650564AB61YN/FL
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
HAKUNA MATATA EXPRESS LLC3650564Aug 23, 2024Dec 10, 20256IL
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.
P1315194ILHAKUNA MATATA EXPRESS LLCDec 10, 2025Dec 10, 20251
XE175RFLHAKUNA MATATA EXPRESS LLCJan 27, 2025May 15, 20253
AB61YNFLHAKUNA MATATA EXPRESS LLCAug 23, 2024Aug 26, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 26, 2026