Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2022 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHHDR5NSMX6008 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Sleeper
Carriers run under1
9 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 8
First seenJul 17, 2025
LA
Last seenApr 24, 2026
SC
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHHDR5NSMX6008
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2022
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
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1992 or 2022

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

North American serial sequence
MX6008

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
2022

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 · Jul 17, 2025 – Apr 24, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 24, 2026SCI · Full1ESSENTIAL CARGO LLC 366249156846PZ/VA
Apr 3, 2026SCIII · Driver-only1ESSENTIAL CARGO LLC 366249156846PZ/VA
Feb 20, 2026LAIII · Driver-only3ESSENTIAL CARGO LLC 366249156846PZ/VA
Dec 8, 2025TXII · Walk-around1OOSESSENTIAL CARGO LLC 366249156846PZ/VA
Nov 25, 2025TNIII · Driver-only0ESSENTIAL CARGO LLC 366249154810PZ/VA
Aug 1, 2025NMII · Walk-around1OOSESSENTIAL CARGO LLC 366249154810PZ/VA
Jul 28, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0ESSENTIAL CARGO LLC 366249154810PZ/VA
Jul 17, 2025LAIII · Driver-only2ESSENTIAL CARGO LLC 3662491VIN6008/VI
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ESSENTIAL CARGO LLC3662491Jul 17, 2025Apr 24, 20268VA
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.
56846PZVAESSENTIAL CARGO LLCDec 8, 2025Apr 24, 20264
54810PZVAESSENTIAL CARGO LLCJul 28, 2025Nov 25, 20253
VIN6008VIESSENTIAL CARGO LLCJul 17, 2025Jul 17, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026