Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2013 Freightliner Cascadia

1FUJGBDV5DSBV9152 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
113Day cab
Carriers run under1
34 mo
Inspections18
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 18
First seenSep 26, 2023
CA
Last seenJul 16, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1FUJGBDV5DSBV9152
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2013
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 14, 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
1FU

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
JGBDV

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1983 or 2013

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

North American serial sequence
BV9152

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 · 1,588 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 1,588 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
113

Sourced label · prefix basis 1,588 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 1,588 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
2013

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Sep 26, 2023 – Jul 16, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 16, 2026CAIII · Driver-only0MERIT ALUMINUM INC 14838499F28882/CA
May 18, 2026CAI · Full0MERIT ALUMINUM INC 14838499F28882/CA
May 15, 2026CAIII · Driver-only0MERIT ALUMINUM INC 14838499F28882/CA
Oct 30, 2025CAI · Full0MERIT ALUMINUM INC 14838499F28882/CA
Oct 20, 2025CAI · Full0MERIT ALUMINUM INC 14838499F28882/CA
Oct 7, 2025CAI · Full3MERIT ALUMINUM INC 14838499F28882/CA
Feb 14, 2025CAI · Full0MERIT ALUMINUM INC 14838499F28882/CA
Jan 16, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0MERIT ALUMINUM INC 14838499F28882/CA
Jan 15, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0MERIT ALUMINUM INC 14838499F28882/CA
Jan 14, 2025CAI · Full2OOSMERIT ALUMINUM INC 14838499F28882/CA
Jul 24, 2024CAI · Full0MERIT ALUMINUM INC 14838499F28882/CA
Apr 10, 2024CAI · Full2MERIT ALUMINUM INC 14838499F28882/CA
Feb 2, 2024CAII · Walk-around0MERIT ALUMINUM INC 14838499F28882/CA
Feb 1, 2024CAII · Walk-around1MERIT ALUMINUM INC 14838499F28882/CA
Dec 13, 2023CAI · Full0MERIT ALUMINUM INC 14838499F28882/CA
Nov 2, 2023CAI · Full0MERIT ALUMINUM INC 14838499F28882/CA
Sep 27, 2023CAI · Full0MERIT ALUMINUM INC 14838499F28882/CA
Sep 26, 2023CAI · Full1MERIT ALUMINUM INC 14838499F28882/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MERIT ALUMINUM INC1483849Sep 26, 2023Jul 16, 202618CA
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.
9F28882CA1MERIT ALUMINUM INCSep 26, 2023Jul 16, 202618
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 14, 2026