Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2014 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD56ESFK8008 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
29 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 8
First seenFeb 22, 2024
CA
Last seenJul 17, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLD56ESFK8008
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
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

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
FK8008

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Feb 22, 2024 – Jul 17, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 17, 2026CAI · Full5OOSBAY CITY EXPRESS INC 8531659E83674/CA
Jan 7, 2026CAII · Walk-around2OOSBAY CITY EXPRESS INC 8531659E83674/CA
Dec 2, 2025CAI · Full4OOSBAY CITY EXPRESS INC 8531659E83674/CA
Sep 11, 2025CAI · Full1BAY CITY EXPRESS INC 8531659E83674/CA
Sep 8, 2025CAII · Walk-around1BAY CITY EXPRESS INC 8531659E83674/CA
Aug 21, 2025CAII · Walk-around0BAY CITY EXPRESS INC 8531659E83674/CA
Feb 25, 2025CAI · Full0BAY CITY EXPRESS INC 853165ZP10239/CA
Feb 22, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0BAY CITY EXPRESS INC 853165ZP10239/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BAY CITY EXPRESS INC853165Feb 22, 2024Jul 17, 20268CA
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.
9E83674CA1BAY CITY EXPRESS INCAug 21, 2025Jul 17, 20266
ZP10239CABAY CITY EXPRESS INCFeb 22, 2024Feb 25, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026