Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD53GSGU0963 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
32 mo
Inspections23
all-time
OOS inspections7
of 23
First seenOct 27, 2023
CA
Last seenJun 14, 2026
US
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLD53GSGU0963
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
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

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
GU0963

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 27, 2023 – Jun 14, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 14, 2026USI · Full2JL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Mar 24, 2026CAI · Full0JL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Mar 24, 2026CAI · Full3OOSJL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Mar 9, 2026CAII · Walk-around2JL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Jan 8, 2026CAII · Walk-around1OOSJL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Jan 2, 2026CAII · Walk-around1OOSJL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Oct 22, 2025CAI · Full0JL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Jul 24, 2025CAI · Full0JL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Jul 16, 2025USI · Full3JL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Jul 15, 2025CAI · Full7OOSJL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Jul 15, 2025CAI · Full2JL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
May 9, 2025CAIII · Driver-only1JL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Feb 11, 2025CAI · Full0JL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Dec 16, 2024CAI · Full0JL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Oct 23, 2024CAI · Full0JL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Oct 21, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0JL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Jun 24, 2024CAI · Full1OOSJL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Jun 24, 2024CAI · Full0JL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Jun 1, 2024CAII · Walk-around0JL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Feb 8, 2024CAI · Full3OOSJL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Feb 8, 2024CAI · Full5OOSJL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Jan 22, 2024CAIII · Driver-only1JL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/CA
Oct 27, 2023CAI · Full1JL XPRESS INC 25631699F96504/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 27, 2023Jun 14, 202623CA
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.
9F96504CA1JL XPRESS INCOct 27, 2023Jun 14, 202623
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 14, 2026