Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD51GSGU0198 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
33 mo
Inspections20
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 20
First seenOct 25, 2023
CA
Last seenJul 8, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLD51GSGU0198
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 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
JGLD5

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

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
GU0198

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 · 12,309 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 12,309 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 12,309 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 12,309 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 12,309 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 · Oct 25, 2023 – Jul 8, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 8, 2026CAI · Full0JL XPRESS INC 25631699G10836/CA
Jun 7, 2026CAI · Full5OOSJL XPRESS INC 25631699G10836/CA
Mar 18, 2026USI · Full0JL XPRESS INC 25631699G10836/CA
Mar 10, 2026USI · Full3JL XPRESS INC 25631699G10836/CA
Jan 14, 2026CAIII · Driver-only1JL XPRESS INC 25631699G10836/CA
Dec 3, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0JL XPRESS INC 25631699G10836/CA
Sep 12, 2025CAII · Walk-around3OOSJL XPRESS INC 25631699G10830/CA
Sep 5, 2025CAI · Full1JL XPRESS INC 25631699G10836/CA
Sep 5, 2025CAI · Full5OOSJL XPRESS INC 25631699G10836/CA
Jul 8, 2025CAI · Full0JL XPRESS INC 25631699G10836/CA
Jun 13, 2025CAII · Walk-around1JL XPRESS INC 25631699G10836/CA
Mar 27, 2025CAI · Full0JL XPRESS INC 25631699G10836/CA
Aug 21, 2024CAI · Full0JL XPRESS INC 25631699G10836/CA
Aug 11, 2024CAI · Full2JL XPRESS INC 25631699G10836/CA
May 6, 2024CAI · Full0JL XPRESS INC 25631699G10836/CA
Apr 25, 2024CAI · Full2JL XPRESS INC 25631699G10836/CA
Feb 23, 2024CAI · Full0JL XPRESS INC 25631699G10836/CA
Nov 27, 2023CAI · Full2JL XPRESS INC 25631699G10836/CA
Oct 30, 2023CAI · Full0JL XPRESS INC 25631699G10836/CA
Oct 25, 2023CAI · Full5OOSJL XPRESS INC 25631699G10836/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
JL XPRESS INC2563169Oct 25, 2023Jul 8, 202620CA
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.
9G10836CA1JL XPRESS INCOct 25, 2023Jul 8, 202619
9G10830CAJL XPRESS INCSep 12, 2025Sep 12, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 14, 2026