Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGEDR3JSJH2117 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Day cab
Carriers run under3
14 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenJun 1, 2025
CA
Last seenAug 25, 2026
CA
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 14 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
3AKJGEDR3JSJH2117
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
Aug 2, 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
JGEDR

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

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
JH2117

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 · 837 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 837 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 837 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 837 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Day cab

Sourced label · prefix basis 837 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 · Jun 1, 2025 – Aug 25, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 25, 2026CAIII · Driver-only2GLOBAL EXPRESS TRUCKING CORP 44730269H11883/CA
Aug 29, 2025CAII · Walk-around1PACWILD LLC 43973719H11883/CA
Jul 10, 2025CAI · Full0JAMES B SMITH 31968529H11883/CA
Jun 1, 2025CAIII · Driver-only1PACWILD LLC 43973719H11883/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
GLOBAL EXPRESS TRUCKING CORP4473026Aug 25, 2026Aug 25, 20261CA
PACWILD LLC4397371Jun 1, 2025Aug 29, 20252CA
JAMES B SMITH3196852Jul 10, 2025Jul 10, 20251CA
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.
9H11883CA1GLOBAL EXPRESS TRUCKING CORPAug 25, 2026Aug 25, 20261
9H11883CAPACWILD LLCJun 1, 2025Aug 29, 20252
9H11883CAJAMES B SMITHJul 10, 2025Jul 10, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 2, 2026