Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLDR9GSGW8978 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under2
25 mo
Inspections9
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 9
First seenOct 13, 2023
NV
Last seenNov 5, 2025
NM
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 25 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
3AKJGLDR9GSGW8978
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
JGLDR

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

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
GW8978

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 · Oct 13, 2023 – Nov 5, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 5, 2025NMII · Walk-around1YL224 LLC 3451102ZP33182/CA
Sep 17, 2025NMI · Full4OOSYL224 LLC 3451102ZP33182/CA
Jun 5, 2025AZI · Full3YL224 LLC 3451102ZP33182/CA
Mar 26, 2025CAII · Walk-around4OOSYL224 LLC 3451102ZP33182/CA
Nov 16, 2024NMIII · Driver-only0YL224 LLC 3451102ZP33182/CA
Oct 17, 2024CAI · Full4YL224 LLC 3451102ZP33182/CA
Sep 16, 2024LAII · Walk-around1YL224 LLC 3451102ZP33182/CA
Dec 6, 2023CAI · Full4OOSTRUCKOLOGY TRANSPORTATION INC 3275100YP91013/CA
Oct 13, 2023NVIII · Driver-only3OOSTRUCKOLOGY TRANSPORTATION INC 3275100YP91013/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
YL224 LLC3451102Sep 16, 2024Nov 5, 20257CA
TRUCKOLOGY TRANSPORTATION INC3275100Oct 13, 2023Dec 6, 20232CA
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.
ZP33182CAYL224 LLCSep 16, 2024Nov 5, 20257
YP91013CATRUCKOLOGY TRANSPORTATION INCOct 13, 2023Dec 6, 20232
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 20, 2026