Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

1FUJGLD52GLHT0231 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under3
27 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 6
First seenJul 26, 2023
KY
Last seenOct 26, 2025
IA
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 27 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1FUJGLD52GLHT0231
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 22, 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
1FU

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
JGLD5

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

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
HT0231

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 · 4,206 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 4,206 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 4,206 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 4,206 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 4,206 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 26, 2023 – Oct 26, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 26, 2025IAII · Walk-around1ELITE EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION LLC 399927788KS3M/MO
Aug 11, 2025PAIII · Driver-only2ELITE EXPRESS TRANSPORT INC 326980188KS3M/MO
Dec 11, 2024MOII · Walk-around2OOSELITE EXPRESS TRANSPORT INC 326980188KS3M/MO
Aug 14, 2024MOIII · Driver-only0ELITE EXPRESS TRANSPORT INC 326980188KS3M/MO
Aug 8, 2023ILIII · Driver-only0LEGACY EXPRESS TRUCKING INC 1744355P1158635/IL
Jul 26, 2023KYII · Walk-around3LEGACY EXPRESS TRUCKING INC 1744355P1158635/IL
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Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ELITE EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION LLC3999277Oct 26, 2025Oct 26, 20251MO
ELITE EXPRESS TRANSPORT INC3269801Aug 14, 2024Aug 11, 20253MO
LEGACY EXPRESS TRUCKING INC1744355Jul 26, 2023Aug 8, 20232IL
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.
88KS3MMOELITE EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION LLCOct 26, 2025Oct 26, 20251
88KS3MMOELITE EXPRESS TRANSPORT INCAug 14, 2024Aug 11, 20253
P1158635ILLEGACY EXPRESS TRUCKING INCJul 26, 2023Aug 8, 20232
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 22, 2026