Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD54GSHK3253 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
37 mo
Inspections36
all-time
OOS inspections7
of 36
First seenJun 28, 2023
CA
Last seenJul 7, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLD54GSHK3253
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
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

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
HK3253

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 · Jun 28, 2023 – Jul 7, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 7, 2026CAI · Full2TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Jul 2, 2026CAI · Full9OOSTS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Jun 9, 2026CAI · Full5OOSTS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
May 28, 2026CAI · Full7TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Apr 8, 2026CAI · Full3TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Feb 13, 2026CAI · Full2OOSTS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Dec 31, 2025CAI · Full2TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Nov 5, 2025CAI · Full1TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Oct 8, 2025CAI · Full1TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Sep 18, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Sep 18, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Aug 15, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Jul 15, 2025CAI · Full0TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Jun 20, 2025CAI · Full3TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
May 2, 2025USIII · Driver-only0TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Jan 27, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Nov 26, 2024CAI · Full0TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Nov 20, 2024CAI · Full3TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Nov 13, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Oct 29, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Sep 4, 2024CAI · Full3TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Jun 19, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Apr 16, 2024CAI · Full0TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Apr 9, 2024CAI · Full1TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Jan 15, 2024CAI · Full0TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Jan 12, 2024CAI · Full1TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Jan 10, 2024CAI · Full2TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Dec 17, 2023CAII · Walk-around2OOSTS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Nov 16, 2023CAIII · Driver-only0TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Nov 16, 2023CAIII · Driver-only0TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Oct 12, 2023CAI · Full0TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Oct 11, 2023CAI · Full2OOSTS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Jul 24, 2023CAII · Walk-around2TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Jul 12, 2023CAII · Walk-around2OOSTS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Jul 11, 2023AZII · Walk-around2OOSTS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
Jun 28, 2023CAII · Walk-around1TS RADIAN INC 18997009G56555/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TS RADIAN INC1899700Jun 28, 2023Jul 7, 202636CA
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.
9G56555CA1TS RADIAN INCJun 28, 2023Jul 7, 202636
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 14, 2026