Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLDR5GSGW7259 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under2
19 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 8
First seenMar 16, 2024
CA
Last seenOct 18, 2025
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 19 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
3AKJGLDR5GSGW7259
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
JGLDR

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
GW7259

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 · 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 16,819 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 · Mar 16, 2024 – Oct 18, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 18, 2025CAI · Full1OOSCAY GENERAL INC 2851262XP72689/CA
Jan 2, 2025CAI · Full7OOSTHE TRANSPORT COMPANY CORP 2928704XP72689/CA
Nov 7, 2024CAI · Full2THE TRANSPORT COMPANY CORP 2928704XP72689/CA
Sep 30, 2024CAI · Full6OOSTHE TRANSPORT COMPANY CORP 2928704XP72689/CA
Aug 1, 2024CAI · Full5OOSTHE TRANSPORT COMPANY CORP 2928704XP72689/CA
Jul 6, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0THE TRANSPORT COMPANY CORP 2928704XP72689/CA
May 12, 2024CAII · Walk-around0THE TRANSPORT COMPANY CORP 2928704XP72689/CA
Mar 16, 2024CAIII · Driver-only1THE TRANSPORT COMPANY CORP 2928704XP72689/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CAY GENERAL INC2851262Oct 18, 2025Oct 18, 20251CA
THE TRANSPORT COMPANY CORP2928704Mar 16, 2024Jan 2, 20257CA
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.
XP72689CACAY GENERAL INCOct 18, 2025Oct 18, 20251
XP72689CATHE TRANSPORT COMPANY CORPMar 16, 2024Jan 2, 20257
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026