Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKBGDDV9GSHB3162 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Day cab
Carriers run under1
18 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 6
First seenFeb 28, 2024
NV
Last seenAug 5, 2025
NV
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKBGDDV9GSHB3162
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2016
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
Decoded at
Jun 25, 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
BGDDV

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

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
HB3162

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 · 408 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 408 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 408 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 408 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Day cab

Sourced label · prefix basis 408 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 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Feb 28, 2024 – Aug 5, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 5, 2025NVIII · Driver-only0TIDEWATER TRUCKING LLC 3977490ZP14960/CA
Jul 30, 2025CAI · Full5OOSTIDEWATER TRUCKING LLC 3977490ZP14960/CA
May 15, 2025NVI · Full4OOSTIDEWATER TRUCKING LLC 3977490ZP14960/CA
May 15, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only1TIDEWATER TRUCKING LLC 3977490ZP14960/CA
Apr 22, 2024NVII · Walk-around4OOSTIDEWATER TRUCKING LLC 3977490ZP14960/CA
Feb 28, 2024NVII · Walk-around0TIDEWATER TRUCKING LLC 3977490ZP14960/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TIDEWATER TRUCKING LLC3977490Feb 28, 2024Aug 5, 20256CA
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.
ZP14960CATIDEWATER TRUCKING LLCFeb 28, 2024Aug 5, 20256
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 25, 2026