Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2015 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGED52FSGX1261 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Day cab
Carriers run under1
32 mo
Inspections16
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 16
First seenJul 6, 2023
CA
Last seenMar 26, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGED52FSGX1261
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2015
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
3AK

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
JGED5

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
1985 or 2015

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

North American serial sequence
GX1261

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 · 495 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 495 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 495 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 495 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Day cab

Sourced label · prefix basis 495 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
2015

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 6, 2023 – Mar 26, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 26, 2026CAI · Full3BAY CITY EXPRESS INC 8531659E83673/CA
Jan 2, 2026CAIII · Driver-only0BAY CITY EXPRESS INC 8531659E83673/CA
Aug 29, 2025CAI · Full3OOSBAY CITY EXPRESS INC 8531659E83673/CA
Aug 7, 2025CAIII · Driver-only1BAY CITY EXPRESS INC 8531659E83673/CA
Dec 23, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0BAY CITY EXPRESS INC 853165YP78149/CA
Dec 3, 2024CAII · Walk-around0BAY CITY EXPRESS INC 853165YP78149/CA
Nov 7, 2024CAII · Walk-around0BAY CITY EXPRESS INC 853165YP78149/CA
Sep 23, 2024CAII · Walk-around0BAY CITY EXPRESS INC 853165YP78149/CA
Jul 26, 2024CAII · Walk-around0BAY CITY EXPRESS INC 853165YP78149/CA
May 3, 2024CAI · Full0BAY CITY EXPRESS INC 853165YP78149/CA
Apr 22, 2024CAI · Full5OOSBAY CITY EXPRESS INC 853165YP78149/CA
Apr 5, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0BAY CITY EXPRESS INC 853165YP78149/CA
Feb 20, 2024CAII · Walk-around0BAY CITY EXPRESS INC 853165YP78149/CA
Dec 23, 2023CAII · Walk-around0BAY CITY EXPRESS INC 853165YP78149/CA
Aug 25, 2023CAI · Full1BAY CITY EXPRESS INC 853165YP78149/CA
Jul 6, 2023CAI · Full3BAY CITY EXPRESS INC 853165YP78149/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BAY CITY EXPRESS INC853165Jul 6, 2023Mar 26, 202616CA
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.
9E83673CABAY CITY EXPRESS INCAug 7, 2025Mar 26, 20264
YP78149CABAY CITY EXPRESS INCJul 6, 2023Dec 23, 202412
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 14, 2026