Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD55GSGW3189 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
35 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 8
First seenAug 31, 2023
KY
Last seenJul 30, 2026
NE
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLD55GSGW3189
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 25, 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
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

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
GW3189

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 31, 2023 – Jul 30, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 30, 2026NEIII · Driver-only0SUNLAND EXPRESS LLC 375942441734Z/WI
Jul 30, 2026NEIII · Driver-only0SUNLAND EXPRESS LLC 375942441734Z/WI
May 21, 2026KYII · Walk-around0SUNLAND EXPRESS LLC 375942441734Z/WI
Jan 15, 2026KYII · Walk-around1OOSSUNLAND EXPRESS LLC 375942441734Z/WI
Feb 14, 2025OHIII · Driver-only0SUNLAND EXPRESS LLC 375942441734Z/WI
Apr 26, 2024WIII · Walk-around0SUNLAND EXPRESS LLC 375942441734Z/WI
Nov 8, 2023WIII · Walk-around1SUNLAND EXPRESS LLC 375942441734Z/WI
Aug 31, 2023KYII · Walk-around0SUNLAND EXPRESS LLC 375942441734Z/WI
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SUNLAND EXPRESS LLC3759424Aug 31, 2023Jul 30, 20268WI
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.
41734ZWI1SUNLAND EXPRESS LLCAug 31, 2023Jul 30, 20268
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 25, 2026