Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2015 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLDV3FSGK2977 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
30 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 6
First seenAug 15, 2023
TX
Last seenFeb 23, 2026
TX
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLDV3FSGK2977
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2015
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 25, 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
JGLDV

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1985 or 2015

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
GK2977

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 · 2,544 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 2,544 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 2,544 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 2,544 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 2,544 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
2015

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 · Aug 15, 2023 – Feb 23, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 23, 2026TXII · Walk-around0TEMPLETON TRUCKING LLC 1333478R773670/TX
Feb 9, 2026TXII · Walk-around1TEMPLETON TRUCKING LLC 1333478R773670/TX
Sep 16, 2025TXII · Walk-around0TEMPLETON TRUCKING LLC 1333478R773670/TX
Jun 12, 2024TXI · Full3TEMPLETON TRUCKING LLC 1333478R614872/TX
Oct 25, 2023TXII · Walk-around0TEMPLETON TRUCKING LLC 1333478R614872/TX
Aug 15, 2023TXII · Walk-around0TEMPLETON TRUCKING LLC 1333478R614872/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TEMPLETON TRUCKING LLC1333478Aug 15, 2023Feb 23, 20266TX
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
R773670TXTEMPLETON TRUCKING LLCSep 16, 2025Feb 23, 20263
R614872TXTEMPLETON TRUCKING LLCAug 15, 2023Jun 12, 20243
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 25, 2026