Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2021 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHTDV2MSMU0260 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
116Day cab
Carriers run under1
23 mo
Inspections10
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 10
First seenAug 2, 2023
CA
Last seenJul 30, 2025
CA
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHTDV2MSMU0260
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2021
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 18, 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
JHTDV

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
1991 or 2021

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

North American serial sequence
MU0260

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 · 5,820 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 5,820 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
116

Sourced label · prefix basis 5,820 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
Not established

No sourced generation label is established.

No source established for this field.

Cab type
Day cab

Sourced label · prefix basis 5,820 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
2021

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.

Not established

  • generation

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 2, 2023 – Jul 30, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 30, 2025CAI · Full1BEST OVERNITE EXPRESS INC 589562XP87574/CA
Apr 24, 2025CAI · Full0BEST OVERNITE EXPRESS INC 589562XP87574/CA
Jan 29, 2025CAI · Full0BEST OVERNITE EXPRESS INC 589562XP87574/CA
Nov 23, 2024CAII · Walk-around0BEST OVERNITE EXPRESS INC 589562XP87574/CA
Oct 15, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0BEST OVERNITE EXPRESS INC 589562XP87574/CA
Oct 1, 2024CAI · Full0BEST OVERNITE EXPRESS INC 589562XP87574/CA
May 8, 2024CAI · Full0BEST OVERNITE EXPRESS INC 589562XP87574/CA
Feb 2, 2024CAI · Full1BEST OVERNITE EXPRESS INC 589562XP87574/CA
Nov 1, 2023CAI · Full0BEST OVERNITE EXPRESS INC 589562XP87574/CA
Aug 2, 2023CAI · Full0BEST OVERNITE EXPRESS INC 589562XP87574/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BEST OVERNITE EXPRESS INC589562Aug 2, 2023Jul 30, 202510CA
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.
XP87574CABEST OVERNITE EXPRESS INCAug 2, 2023Jul 30, 202510
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 18, 2026