Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD50GSGW2872 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under2
33 mo
Inspections12
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 12
First seenJul 19, 2023
CA
Last seenApr 1, 2026
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 33 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
3AKJGLD50GSGW2872
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 17, 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
GW2872

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 · Jul 19, 2023 – Apr 1, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 1, 2026CAI · Full252 TRANSPORT INC 3992632YP92780/CA
Dec 8, 2025CAI · Full452 TRANSPORT INC 3992632YP92780/CA
Nov 4, 2025AZII · Walk-around252 TRANSPORT INC 3992632YP92780/CA
Apr 7, 2025CAI · Full252 TRANSPORT INC 3992632YP92780/CA
Jan 18, 2025ILII · Walk-around052 TRANSPORT INC 3992632YP92780/CA
Apr 4, 2024CAI · Full3OOS52 TRANSPORT INC 3992632YP92780/CA
Jan 4, 2024CAI · Full052 TRANSPORT INC 3992632YP92780/CA
Dec 2, 2023CAIII · Driver-only052 TRANSPORT INC 3992632YP92780/CA
Nov 3, 2023CAIII · Driver-only013 TRANSPORT INC 2298722YP92780/CA
Oct 9, 2023CAIII · Driver-only013 TRANSPORT INC 2298722YP92780/CA
Jul 21, 2023CAI · Full013 TRANSPORT INC 2298722YP92780/CA
Jul 19, 2023CAI · Full2OOS13 TRANSPORT INC 2298722YP92780/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
52 TRANSPORT INC3992632Dec 2, 2023Apr 1, 20268CA
13 TRANSPORT INC2298722Jul 19, 2023Nov 3, 20234CA
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.
YP92780CA52 TRANSPORT INCDec 2, 2023Apr 1, 20268
YP92780CA13 TRANSPORT INCJul 19, 2023Nov 3, 20234
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 17, 2026