Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKBGEDV9GDHJ3824 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Day cab
Carriers run under2
28 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 4
First seenAug 10, 2023
SC
Last seenDec 4, 2025
KY
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 28 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
3AKBGEDV9GDHJ3824
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
Jul 12, 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
BGEDV

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

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
HJ3824

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 · 49 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 49 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 49 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 49 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Day cab

Sourced label · prefix basis 49 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 · Aug 10, 2023 – Dec 4, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 4, 2025KYIII · Driver-only0CARGO CARRIER CORPORATION 1386901C896HU/TN
Aug 26, 2024TNI · Full2OOSCARGO CARRIER CORPORATION 1386901C896HU/UK
Sep 12, 2023GAI · Full0FULL SEND LLC 3703427C302DP/GA
Aug 10, 2023SCIII · Driver-only1FULL SEND LLC 3703427C302DP/GA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CARGO CARRIER CORPORATION1386901Aug 26, 2024Dec 4, 20252TN
FULL SEND LLC3703427Aug 10, 2023Sep 12, 20232GA
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.
C896HUTNCARGO CARRIER CORPORATIONDec 4, 2025Dec 4, 20251
C896HUUKCARGO CARRIER CORPORATIONAug 26, 2024Aug 26, 20241
C302DPGAFULL SEND LLCAug 10, 2023Sep 12, 20232
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 12, 2026