Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD54GSFN4691 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
21 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 8
First seenAug 29, 2024
CA
Last seenMay 7, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLD54GSFN4691
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 21, 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
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

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
FN4691

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 29, 2024 – May 7, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 7, 2026CAI · Full0ALS USA EXPRESS CORP 2153442ZP55073/CA
May 6, 2026CAI · Full3ALS USA EXPRESS CORP 2153442ZP55073/CA
Mar 24, 2026CAII · Walk-around0ALS USA EXPRESS CORP 2153442ZP55073/CA
Nov 12, 2025CAI · Full0ALS USA EXPRESS CORP 2153442ZP55073/CA
Jul 20, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0ALS USA EXPRESS CORP 2153442ZP55073/CA
Jun 30, 2025CAII · Walk-around0ALS USA EXPRESS CORP 2153442ZP55073/CA
Mar 26, 2025CAI · Full0ALS USA EXPRESS CORP 2153442ZP55073/CA
Aug 29, 2024CAI · Full1OOSALS USA EXPRESS CORP 21534429F99181/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ALS USA EXPRESS CORP2153442Aug 29, 2024May 7, 20268CA
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.
ZP55073CAALS USA EXPRESS CORPMar 26, 2025May 7, 20267
9F99181CAALS USA EXPRESS CORPAug 29, 2024Aug 29, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026