Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD53GSGU6567 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
26 mo
Inspections11
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 11
First seenJun 6, 2024
AR
Last seenAug 10, 2026
TN
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLD53GSGU6567
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 18, 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
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

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
GU6567

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 · Jun 6, 2024 – Aug 10, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 10, 2026TNII · Walk-around2OOSPRESTIGE EXPRESS LLC 3292730ZP62509/CA
Apr 14, 2026CAI · Full1OOSPRESTIGE EXPRESS LLC 3292730ZP62509/CA
Feb 19, 2026KSIII · Driver-only4PRESTIGE EXPRESS LLC 3292730ZP62509/CA
Jan 16, 2026NMII · Walk-around1OOSPRESTIGE EXPRESS LLC 3292730ZP62509/CA
Dec 24, 2025TXII · Walk-around2PRESTIGE EXPRESS LLC 3292730ZP62509/CA
Aug 29, 2025AZIII · Driver-only9PRESTIGE EXPRESS LLC 3292730ZP62509/CA
Jul 29, 2025AZIII · Driver-only2PRESTIGE EXPRESS LLC 3292730ZP62509/CA
Jul 27, 2025NMI · Full3PRESTIGE EXPRESS LLC 3292730ZP62509/CA
Aug 30, 2024CAI · Full3PRESTIGE EXPRESS LLC 3292730YP52518/CA
Jul 5, 2024CAII · Walk-around1PRESTIGE EXPRESS LLC 3292730YP52518/CA
Jun 6, 2024ARII · Walk-around3OOSPRESTIGE EXPRESS LLC 3292730YP52518/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
PRESTIGE EXPRESS LLC3292730Jun 6, 2024Aug 10, 202611CA
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.
ZP62509CA1PRESTIGE EXPRESS LLCJul 27, 2025Aug 10, 20268
YP52518CAPRESTIGE EXPRESS LLCJun 6, 2024Aug 30, 20243
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 18, 2026