Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLDV5GSGZ4118 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
23 mo
Inspections10
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 10
First seenAug 15, 2024
NM
Last seenJul 10, 2026
CA
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLDV5GSGZ4118
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 20, 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
JGLDV

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
GZ4118

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 · 2,544 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 2,544 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 2,544 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 2,544 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 2,544 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 15, 2024 – Jul 10, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 10, 2026CAII · Walk-around1J SANCHEZ INC 30738089H04878/CA
Dec 3, 2025CAI · Full0J SANCHEZ INC 30738089H04878/CA
Oct 29, 2025CAII · Walk-around4OOSJ SANCHEZ INC 30738089H04878/CA
Sep 3, 2025CAII · Walk-around10OOSJ SANCHEZ INC 30738089H04878/CA
Jul 15, 2025CAII · Walk-around5J SANCHEZ INC 30738089H04878/CA
Mar 18, 2025CAI · Full0J SANCHEZ INC 30738089H04878/CA
Jan 15, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0J SANCHEZ INC 30738089H04878/CA
Jan 9, 2025CAI · Full2OOSJ SANCHEZ INC 30738089H04878/CA
Dec 30, 2024CAI · Full4OOSJ SANCHEZ INC 30738089H04878/CA
Aug 15, 2024NMII · Walk-around1J SANCHEZ INC 30738089H04878/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
J SANCHEZ INC3073808Aug 15, 2024Jul 10, 202610CA
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.
9H04878CA1J SANCHEZ INCAug 15, 2024Jul 10, 202610
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 20, 2026