Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2019 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKNHHDR2KSKA0071 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126
Carriers run under1
14 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 8
First seenApr 21, 2024
AZ
Last seenJun 10, 2025
NM
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKNHHDR2KSKA0071
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2019
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
NHHDR

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
1989 or 2019

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

North American serial sequence
KA0071

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 · 411 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 411 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
126

Sourced label · prefix basis 411 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
126

Sourced label · prefix basis 411 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Not established

No sourced cab label is established.

No source established for this field.

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
2019

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

  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Apr 21, 2024 – Jun 10, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 10, 2025NMIII · Driver-only1NIGHT SHADOW LLC 3627359AG82608/PA
Jun 10, 2025NMIII · Driver-only1NIGHT SHADOW LLC 3627359AG82608/PA
May 2, 2025NMII · Walk-around1NIGHT SHADOW LLC 3627359AG82608/PA
Apr 26, 2025TNI · Full0NIGHT SHADOW LLC 3627359AG82608/PA
Jun 25, 2024CAII · Walk-around2NIGHT SHADOW LLC 3627359AG82608/PA
Jun 11, 2024AZII · Walk-around3OOSNIGHT SHADOW LLC 3627359749727/PA
Jun 10, 2024AZIII · Driver-only1NIGHT SHADOW LLC 3627359AG82608/PA
Apr 21, 2024AZIII · Driver-only0NIGHT SHADOW LLC 3627359AG82608/PA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
NIGHT SHADOW LLC3627359Apr 21, 2024Jun 10, 20258PA
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.
AG82608PA1NIGHT SHADOW LLCApr 21, 2024Jun 10, 20257
749727PANIGHT SHADOW LLCJun 11, 2024Jun 11, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026