Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2014 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLDV5ESFW7186 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under2
13 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenMar 10, 2024
TN
Last seenApr 7, 2025
LA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 13 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
3AKJGLDV5ESFW7186
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2014
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 12, 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
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1984 or 2014

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

North American serial sequence
FW7186

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
2014

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 10, 2024 – Apr 7, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 7, 2025LAI · Full1HORIZON FREIGHT SYSTEM INC 2373603761199/IN
Mar 20, 2025MSI · Full5HORIZON FREIGHT SYSTEM INC 2373603671199/IN
Sep 19, 2024LAI · Full4HORIZON FREIGHT SYSTEM INC 2373603671199/LA
Mar 10, 2024TNIII · Driver-only0BAYOU DRAGON TRANSPORT LLC 2500289P280750/LA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
HORIZON FREIGHT SYSTEM INC237360Sep 19, 2024Apr 7, 20253OH
BAYOU DRAGON TRANSPORT LLC2500289Mar 10, 2024Mar 10, 20241LA
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.
3761199INHORIZON FREIGHT SYSTEM INCApr 7, 2025Apr 7, 20251
3671199INHORIZON FREIGHT SYSTEM INCMar 20, 2025Mar 20, 20251
3671199LAHORIZON FREIGHT SYSTEM INCSep 19, 2024Sep 19, 20241
P280750LABAYOU DRAGON TRANSPORT LLCMar 10, 2024Mar 10, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 12, 2026