Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD55GSGU5453 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
26 mo
Inspections10
all-time
OOS inspections5
of 10
First seenFeb 21, 2024
CA
Last seenApr 14, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLD55GSGU5453
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 18, 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
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

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
GU5453

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 · Feb 21, 2024 – Apr 14, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 14, 2026CAI · Full8OOSVELAZQUEZ TRUCK LINES LLC 3393832ZP56633/CA
Apr 7, 2026CAII · Walk-around6OOSVELAZQUEZ TRUCK LINES LLC 3393832ZP56633/CA
Feb 24, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only2VELAZQUEZ TRUCK LINES LLC 3393832ZP56633/CA
Oct 21, 2025CAI · Full5OOSVELAZQUEZ TRUCK LINES LLC 3393832ZP56633/CA
Oct 21, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0VELAZQUEZ TRUCK LINES LLC 3393832ZP56633/CA
Sep 20, 2024CAI · Full4OOSVELAZQUEZ TRUCK LINES LLC 3393832YP75639/CA
Aug 28, 2024CAI · Full2OOSVELAZQUEZ TRUCK LINES LLC 3393832YP75639/CA
Apr 27, 2024UTIII · Driver-only0VELAZQUEZ TRUCK LINES LLC 3393832YP75639/CA
Mar 14, 2024NMII · Walk-around1VELAZQUEZ TRUCK LINES LLC 3393832YP75639/CA
Feb 21, 2024CAII · Walk-around2VELAZQUEZ TRUCK LINES LLC 3393832YP75639/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
VELAZQUEZ TRUCK LINES LLC3393832Feb 21, 2024Apr 14, 202610CA
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.
ZP56633CAVELAZQUEZ TRUCK LINES LLCOct 21, 2025Apr 14, 20265
YP75639CAVELAZQUEZ TRUCK LINES LLCFeb 21, 2024Sep 20, 20245
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 18, 2026