Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2014 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD53ESFS6569 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
27 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 7
First seenDec 19, 2023
WI
Last seenMar 24, 2026
AL
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLD53ESFS6569
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2014
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 21, 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
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1984 or 2014

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

North American serial sequence
FS6569

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
2014

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Dec 19, 2023 – Mar 24, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 24, 2026ALIII · Driver-only0LINKWAY TRANSPORT INC 35545613823896/IN
Nov 6, 2025TNI · Full14OOSLINKWAY TRANSPORT INC 35545613823896/IN
Oct 2, 2025MOI · Full2LINKWAY TRANSPORT INC 35545613823896/IN
Sep 16, 2025LAIII · Driver-only0LINKWAY TRANSPORT INC 35545613823896/IN
Apr 9, 2025ARII · Walk-around4OOSLINKWAY TRANSPORT INC 355456161179PC/NY
Oct 18, 2024INIII · Driver-only1LINKWAY TRANSPORT INC 355456161179PC/NY
Dec 19, 2023WII · Full14OOSLINKWAY TRANSPORT INC 355456161179PC/NY
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
LINKWAY TRANSPORT INC3554561Dec 19, 2023Mar 24, 20267IN
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.
3823896INLINKWAY TRANSPORT INCSep 16, 2025Mar 24, 20264
61179PCNYLINKWAY TRANSPORT INCDec 19, 2023Apr 9, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026