Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGEDVXGSHC5483 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Day cab
Carriers run under1
13 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 8
First seenMar 14, 2025
CA
Last seenApr 30, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGEDVXGSHC5483
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
JGEDV

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

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
HC5483

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 · 3,308 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 3,308 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 3,308 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 3,308 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Day cab

Sourced label · prefix basis 3,308 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 · Mar 14, 2025 – Apr 30, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 30, 2026CAI · Full0RUIZ TRANSPORT INC 40111259G76815/CA
Apr 28, 2026CAI · Full10OOSRUIZ TRANSPORT INC 40111259G76815/CA
Dec 8, 2025CAII · Walk-around0RUIZ TRANSPORT INC 40111259G76815/CA
Oct 7, 2025CAII · Walk-around5RUIZ TRANSPORT INC 40111259G76815/CA
Aug 20, 2025CAII · Walk-around5OOSRUIZ TRANSPORT INC 40111259G76815/CA
Apr 14, 2025CAI · Full0RUIZ TRANSPORT INC 40111259G76815/CA
Mar 24, 2025CAI · Full2RUIZ TRANSPORT INC 40111259G76815/CA
Mar 14, 2025CAII · Walk-around4OOSRUIZ TRANSPORT INC 40111259G76815/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RUIZ TRANSPORT INC4011125Mar 14, 2025Apr 30, 20268CA
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.
9G76815CARUIZ TRANSPORT INCMar 14, 2025Apr 30, 20268
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026