Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD56GSGW9065 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
31 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 7
First seenJul 27, 2023
CA
Last seenFeb 17, 2026
FL
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLD56GSGW9065
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 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
1986 or 2016

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

North American serial sequence
GW9065

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 · Jul 27, 2023 – Feb 17, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 17, 2026FLIII · Driver-only0DS GLOBAL EXPRESS INC 3909210YP26345/CA
Dec 29, 2025AZII · Walk-around2DS GLOBAL EXPRESS INC 3909210YP26345/CA
Dec 4, 2025ARIII · Driver-only0DS GLOBAL EXPRESS INC 3909210YP26345/CA
Jul 1, 2024CAI · Full2DS GLOBAL EXPRESS INC 3909210YP26345/CA
Oct 5, 2023NMII · Walk-around0DS GLOBAL EXPRESS INC 3909210YP26345/CA
Sep 3, 2023TXII · Walk-around6DS GLOBAL EXPRESS INC 3909210YP26345/CA
Jul 27, 2023CAI · Full0DS GLOBAL EXPRESS INC 3909210YP26345/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
DS GLOBAL EXPRESS INC3909210Jul 27, 2023Feb 17, 20267CA
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.
YP26345CADS GLOBAL EXPRESS INCJul 27, 2023Feb 17, 20267
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026