Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD53GSHA3507 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
28 mo
Inspections9
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 9
First seenJul 8, 2023
LA
Last seenNov 17, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLD53GSHA3507
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 20, 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
HA3507

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jul 8, 2023 – Nov 17, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 17, 2025CAI · Full5SAFFRON TRANSPORT INC 3037543ZP62774/CA
Oct 18, 2025UTIII · Driver-only0SAFFRON TRANSPORT INC 3037543ZP62774/CA
Mar 24, 2025UTI · Full4OOSSAFFRON TRANSPORT INC 30375431005/CA
Nov 5, 2024NVIII · Driver-only0SAFFRON TRANSPORT INC 3037543XP91413/CA
Oct 11, 2024UTI · Full4OOSSAFFRON TRANSPORT INC 3037543XP91413/CA
Sep 10, 2024WYIII · Driver-only1SAFFRON TRANSPORT INC 3037543XP91413/CA
Apr 22, 2024UTIII · Driver-only0SAFFRON TRANSPORT INC 3037543XP91413/CA
Dec 13, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only1SAFFRON TRANSPORT INC 3037543XP91413/CA
Jul 8, 2023LAIII · Driver-only3OOSSAFFRON TRANSPORT INC 3037543XP91413/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SAFFRON TRANSPORT INC3037543Jul 8, 2023Nov 17, 20259CA
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.
ZP62774CASAFFRON TRANSPORT INCOct 18, 2025Nov 17, 20252
1005CASAFFRON TRANSPORT INCMar 24, 2025Mar 24, 20251
XP91413CASAFFRON TRANSPORT INCJul 8, 2023Nov 5, 20246
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 20, 2026