Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLDR3JSJS4481 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
26 mo
Inspections9
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 9
First seenJan 25, 2024
CA
Last seenMar 19, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLDR3JSJS4481
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 20, 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
JGLDR

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
JS4481

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 · 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 16,819 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 · Jan 25, 2024 – Mar 19, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 19, 2026CAII · Walk-around0HBA EXPRESS 3926263ZP54881/CA
Mar 14, 2026CAII · Walk-around0HBA EXPRESS 3926263ZP54881/CA
Feb 19, 2026CAIII · Driver-only1OOSHBA EXPRESS 3926263ZP54881/CA
Jul 26, 2025CAI · Full3HBA EXPRESS 3926263ZP54881/CA
Jan 21, 2025CAII · Walk-around2HBA EXPRESS 3926263ZP32455/CA
May 25, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0HBA EXPRESS 3926263XP81945/CA
May 19, 2024CAI · Full1HBA EXPRESS 3926263XP81945/CA
Apr 26, 2024CAII · Walk-around1OOSHBA EXPRESS 3926263XP81945/CA
Jan 25, 2024CAI · Full0HBA EXPRESS 3926263XP81945/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
HBA EXPRESS3926263Jan 25, 2024Mar 19, 20269CA
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.
ZP54881CAHBA EXPRESSJul 26, 2025Mar 19, 20264
ZP32455CAHBA EXPRESSJan 21, 2025Jan 21, 20251
XP81945CAHBA EXPRESSJan 25, 2024May 25, 20244
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 20, 2026