Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD53GSGN1946 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
26 mo
Inspections12
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 12
First seenNov 7, 2023
CA
Last seenJan 21, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLD53GSGN1946
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 16, 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
1986 or 2016

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

North American serial sequence
GN1946

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 · Nov 7, 2023 – Jan 21, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 21, 2026CAIII · Driver-only0EAST CONTAINER TRANSPORT INC 2371934XP68202/CA
Jan 20, 2026CAII · Walk-around0EAST CONTAINER TRANSPORT INC 2371934XP68202/CA
May 30, 2025AZII · Walk-around4EAST CONTAINER TRANSPORT INC 2371934XP68202/CA
May 19, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0EAST CONTAINER TRANSPORT INC 2371934XP68202/CA
Sep 27, 2024CAI · Full7EAST CONTAINER TRANSPORT INC 2371934XP68202/CA
Sep 13, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0EAST CONTAINER TRANSPORT INC 2371934XP68202/CA
Jul 10, 2024CAI · Full1EAST CONTAINER TRANSPORT INC 2371934XP68202/CA
Feb 29, 2024CAI · Full1OOSEAST CONTAINER TRANSPORT INC 2371934XP68202/CA
Feb 9, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only4EAST CONTAINER TRANSPORT INC 2371934XP68202/CA
Dec 22, 2023CAIII · Driver-only1EAST CONTAINER TRANSPORT INC 2371934XP68202/CA
Dec 6, 2023CAII · Walk-around1OOSEAST CONTAINER TRANSPORT INC 2371934XP68202/CA
Nov 7, 2023CAI · Full7OOSEAST CONTAINER TRANSPORT INC 2371934XP68202/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
EAST CONTAINER TRANSPORT INC2371934Nov 7, 2023Jan 21, 202612CA
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.
XP68202CAEAST CONTAINER TRANSPORT INCNov 7, 2023Jan 21, 202612
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026