Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2014 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD53ESFK8144 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
34 mo
Inspections26
all-time
OOS inspections11
of 26
First seenSep 6, 2023
CA
Last seenJul 28, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLD53ESFK8144
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2014
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 14, 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
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1984 or 2014

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
FK8144

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
2014

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 · Sep 6, 2023 – Jul 28, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 28, 2026CAI · Full0CONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Apr 9, 2026CAI · Full3OOSCONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Mar 12, 2026CAI · Full3OOSCONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Mar 12, 2026CAI · Full0CONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Feb 9, 2026CAI · Full8CONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Oct 15, 2025CAI · Full1CONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Aug 13, 2025CAI · Full0CONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Aug 11, 2025CAI · Full3CONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
May 23, 2025CAII · Walk-around0CONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Apr 15, 2025CAI · Full0CONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Apr 15, 2025CAI · Full1CONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Feb 24, 2025CAI · Full1OOSCONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Feb 5, 2025CAI · Full3OOSCONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Jan 31, 2025CAI · Full2CONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Jan 31, 2025CAI · Full6OOSCONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Dec 3, 2024CAI · Full2OOSCONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Nov 18, 2024CAI · Full1CONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Sep 12, 2024CAI · Full0CONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Sep 11, 2024CAI · Full3CONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Sep 5, 2024CAI · Full5OOSCONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Jun 13, 2024CAI · Full0CONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Jun 5, 2024CAI · Full7OOSCONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
May 23, 2024CAI · Full6OOSCONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
May 1, 2024USII · Walk-around1CONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Sep 11, 2023CAI · Full3OOSCONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
Sep 6, 2023CAI · Full3OOSCONTRERAS TRUCKING INC 7853079G61011/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CONTRERAS TRUCKING INC785307Sep 6, 2023Jul 28, 202626CA
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.
9G61011CA1CONTRERAS TRUCKING INCSep 6, 2023Jul 28, 202626
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 14, 2026