Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2015 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD53FSFK5181 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
15 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 6
First seenFeb 16, 2024
CA
Last seenMay 30, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLD53FSFK5181
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2015
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 25, 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
1985 or 2015

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

North American serial sequence
FK5181

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
2015

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Feb 16, 2024 – May 30, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 30, 2025CAII · Walk-around2OOSSN EXPRESS INC 3780817ZP36293/CA
Apr 8, 2025CAII · Walk-around5OOSSN EXPRESS INC 3780817ZP36293/CA
Feb 11, 2025CAIII · Driver-only4SN EXPRESS INC 3780817ZP36293/CA
Dec 9, 2024CAI · Full10OOSSN EXPRESS INC 3780817ZP36293/CA
Apr 29, 2024CAII · Walk-around5OOSSN EXPRESS INC 3780817ZP13656/CA
Feb 16, 2024CAIII · Driver-only2SN EXPRESS INC 3780817ZP13656/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SN EXPRESS INC3780817Feb 16, 2024May 30, 20256CA
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
ZP36293CASN EXPRESS INCDec 9, 2024May 30, 20254
ZP13656CASN EXPRESS INCFeb 16, 2024Apr 29, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 25, 2026