Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD50GSHJ3853 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
34 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 8
First seenOct 19, 2023
MS
Last seenAug 28, 2026
MI
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLD50GSHJ3853
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
JGLD5

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

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
HJ3853

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 19, 2023 – Aug 28, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 28, 2026MIIII · Driver-only2CHAROD'S EXPRESS LLC 3187457XE069B/FL
May 27, 2026LAII · Walk-around1CHAROD'S EXPRESS LLC 3187457XE069B/FL
Mar 17, 2026SCIII · Driver-only1CHAROD'S EXPRESS LLC 3187457XE069B/FL
Jun 11, 2025FLII · Walk-around1CHAROD'S EXPRESS LLC 3187457XE069B/FL
Feb 22, 2025TNI · Full4OOSCHAROD'S EXPRESS LLC 3187457XE069B/FL
Nov 11, 2023KYI · Full7OOSCHAROD'S EXPRESS LLC 3187457AB40CE/FL
Oct 31, 2023KYI · Full4OOSCHAROD'S EXPRESS LLC 3187457AB40CE/FL
Oct 19, 2023MSII · Walk-around0CHAROD'S EXPRESS LLC 3187457AB4OCE/FL
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CHAROD'S EXPRESS LLC3187457Oct 19, 2023Aug 28, 20268FL
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.
XE069BFL1CHAROD'S EXPRESS LLCFeb 22, 2025Aug 28, 20265
AB40CEFLCHAROD'S EXPRESS LLCOct 31, 2023Nov 11, 20232
AB4OCEFLCHAROD'S EXPRESS LLCOct 19, 2023Oct 19, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026