Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD50GSGU0998 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
17 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 8
First seenAug 11, 2023
NV
Last seenJan 17, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLD50GSGU0998
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
JGLD5

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

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
GU0998

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 11, 2023 – Jan 17, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 17, 2025CAI · Full1OOSDADS TRANSPORT LLC 3260759YP47679/CA
Oct 5, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0DADS TRANSPORT LLC 3260759YP47679/CA
Aug 28, 2024ORI · Full0DADS TRANSPORT LLC 3260759YP47679/CA
Jun 1, 2024CAII · Walk-around3DADS TRANSPORT LLC 3260759YP6867/CA
Mar 12, 2024WAIII · Driver-only0DADS TRANSPORT LLC 3260759YP47679/CA
Oct 17, 2023CAI · Full0DADS TRANSPORT LLC 3260759YP47679/CA
Oct 17, 2023CAI · Full1OOSDADS TRANSPORT LLC 3260759YP47679/CA
Aug 11, 2023NVII · Walk-around2DADS TRANSPORT LLC 3260759YP47679/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
DADS TRANSPORT LLC3260759Aug 11, 2023Jan 17, 20258CA
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.
YP47679CADADS TRANSPORT LLCAug 11, 2023Jan 17, 20257
YP6867CADADS TRANSPORT LLCJun 1, 2024Jun 1, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026