Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD53GSGY8530 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under2
28 mo
Inspections14
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 14
First seenAug 12, 2023
CA
Last seenDec 29, 2025
NV
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 28 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
3AKJGLD53GSGY8530
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
GY8530

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 12, 2023 – Dec 29, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 29, 2025NVIII · Driver-only0CHAVEZ TRANSPORT LR INC 3580613ZP40960/CA
Sep 29, 2025NVIII · Driver-only0CHAVEZ TRANSPORT LR INC 3580613ZP40960/CA
Mar 6, 2025AZII · Walk-around4OOSCHAVEZ TRANSPORT LR INC 3580613ZP40960/CA
Dec 18, 2024CAII · Walk-around1CHAVEZ TRANSPORT LR INC 3580613ZP40960/CA
May 24, 2024CAII · Walk-around1OROPEZA V TRUCKING INC 27765639G02053/CA
May 9, 2024CAII · Walk-around1OROPEZA V TRUCKING INC 27765639G02053/CA
May 2, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0OROPEZA V TRUCKING INC 27765639G02053/CA
Apr 10, 2024CAI · Full3OROPEZA V TRUCKING INC 27765639G02053/CA
Mar 13, 2024CAII · Walk-around3OROPEZA V TRUCKING INC 27765639G02053/CA
Dec 19, 2023CAIII · Driver-only0OROPEZA V TRUCKING INC 27765639G02053/CA
Oct 24, 2023CAI · Full1OROPEZA V TRUCKING INC 27765639G02053/CA
Oct 19, 2023CAII · Walk-around2OROPEZA V TRUCKING INC 27765639G02053/CA
Oct 18, 2023CAIII · Driver-only1OROPEZA V TRUCKING INC 27765639G02053/CA
Aug 12, 2023CAII · Walk-around0OROPEZA V TRUCKING INC 27765639G02053/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CHAVEZ TRANSPORT LR INC3580613Dec 18, 2024Dec 29, 20254CA
OROPEZA V TRUCKING INC2776563Aug 12, 2023May 24, 202410CA
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.
ZP40960CACHAVEZ TRANSPORT LR INCDec 18, 2024Dec 29, 20254
9G02053CAOROPEZA V TRUCKING INCAug 12, 2023May 24, 202410
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026