Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

1FUJGLD52GLGX9197 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
34 mo
Inspections12
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 12
First seenJul 27, 2023
CA
Last seenMay 22, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1FUJGLD52GLGX9197
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2016
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 17, 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
JGLD5

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

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

North American serial sequence
GX9197

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 · 4,206 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 4,206 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 4,206 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 4,206 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 4,206 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
2016

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 · Jul 27, 2023 – May 22, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 22, 2026CAI · Full3COUGAR TRUCK LINES INC 17748589G26348/CA
Apr 14, 2026CAII · Walk-around1COUGAR TRUCK LINES INC 17748589G26348/CA
Mar 26, 2026CAIII · Driver-only0COUGAR TRUCK LINES INC 17748589G26348/CA
Jun 26, 2025CAII · Walk-around2COUGAR TRUCK LINES INC 17748589G26348/CA
Jan 17, 2025CAII · Walk-around0COUGAR TRUCK LINES INC 17748589G26348/CA
Sep 29, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0COUGAR TRUCK LINES INC 17748589G26348/CA
Sep 18, 2024CAIII · Driver-only1COUGAR TRUCK LINES INC 17748589G26348/CA
Jun 4, 2024CAI · Full0COUGAR TRUCK LINES INC 17748589G26348/CA
May 21, 2024CAII · Walk-around1COUGAR TRUCK LINES INC 17748589G26348/CA
Feb 28, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0COUGAR TRUCK LINES INC 17748589G26348/CA
Sep 26, 2023CAIII · Driver-only0COUGAR TRUCK LINES INC 17748589G26348/CA
Jul 27, 2023CAI · Full9OOSCOUGAR TRUCK LINES INC 17748589G26348/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
COUGAR TRUCK LINES INC1774858Jul 27, 2023May 22, 202612CA
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.
9G26348CACOUGAR TRUCK LINES INCJul 27, 2023May 22, 202612
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 17, 2026