Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHHDRXJSJN1798 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Sleeper
Carriers run under1
27 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 8
First seenDec 12, 2023
OR
Last seenMar 30, 2026
UT
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHHDRXJSJN1798
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 21, 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
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

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
JN1798

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 · Dec 12, 2023 – Mar 30, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 30, 2026UTI · Full1PERPETUAL FREIGHT SERVICES LLC 2896235XP95637/CA
Sep 14, 2025NMII · Walk-around1OOSPERPETUAL FREIGHT SERVICES LLC 2896235XP95637/CA
May 31, 2025AZII · Walk-around4PERPETUAL FREIGHT SERVICES LLC 2896235XP95637/CA
Dec 13, 2024NMII · Walk-around0PERPETUAL FREIGHT SERVICES LLC 2896235XP95637/CA
Sep 7, 2024IAII · Walk-around3PERPETUAL FREIGHT SERVICES LLC 2896235XP95637/CA
Apr 21, 2024UTIII · Driver-only2PERPETUAL FREIGHT SERVICES LLC 2896235XP95637/CA
Mar 6, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only4PERPETUAL FREIGHT SERVICES LLC 2896235XP95637/CA
Dec 12, 2023ORIII · Driver-only0PERPETUAL FREIGHT SERVICES LLC 2896235XP95637/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
PERPETUAL FREIGHT SERVICES LLC2896235Dec 12, 2023Mar 30, 20268CA
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.
XP95637CAPERPETUAL FREIGHT SERVICES LLCDec 12, 2023Mar 30, 20268
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026