Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD57GSGS1056 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 5
First seenNov 8, 2023
MO
Last seenNov 23, 2025
KY
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLD57GSGS1056
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 30, 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
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

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
GS1056

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 · Nov 8, 2023 – Nov 23, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 23, 2025KYI · Full3OOSI-SKY EXPRESS INC 31007013AKJGLD57GSG/IA
Oct 17, 2024IAII · Walk-around3I-SKY EXPRESS INC 3100701VE0070/IA
Dec 20, 2023OKIII · Driver-only0I-SKY EXPRESS INC 3100701VE0070/US
Nov 20, 2023TXII · Walk-around0I-SKY EXPRESS INC 3100701VE0020/IA
Nov 8, 2023MOIII · Driver-only0I-SKY EXPRESS INC 3100701VE0070/IA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
I-SKY EXPRESS INC3100701Nov 8, 2023Nov 23, 20255IA
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
3AKJGLD57GSGIAI-SKY EXPRESS INCNov 23, 2025Nov 23, 20251
VE0070IAI-SKY EXPRESS INCNov 8, 2023Oct 17, 20242
VE0070USI-SKY EXPRESS INCDec 20, 2023Dec 20, 20231
VE0020IAI-SKY EXPRESS INCNov 20, 2023Nov 20, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 30, 2026