Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKGGLD5XGSHC1514 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
33 mo
Inspections23
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 23
First seenSep 2, 2023
CA
Last seenJun 8, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKGGLD5XGSHC1514
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 14, 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
GGLD5

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

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
HC1514

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 · 517 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 517 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 517 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 517 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 517 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 · Sep 2, 2023 – Jun 8, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 8, 2026CAI · Full4MCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
Dec 6, 2025CAI · Full3MCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
Jun 18, 2025USI · Full0MCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
Jun 15, 2025USI · Full4MCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
Apr 27, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0MCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
Mar 19, 2025NVIII · Driver-only0MCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
Jan 20, 2025UTIII · Driver-only0MCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
Dec 14, 2024CAI · Full1MCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
Oct 30, 2024CAII · Walk-around5OOSMCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
Sep 4, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0MCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
Sep 4, 2024CAI · Full0MCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
Jul 10, 2024CAIII · Driver-only2MCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP7518/CA
Jun 6, 2024CAI · Full1OOSMCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
Jun 2, 2024CAI · Full3OOSMCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
May 29, 2024CAIII · Driver-only1MCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
Mar 5, 2024CAI · Full2MCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
Feb 26, 2024CAI · Full3MCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
Feb 21, 2024CAI · Full0MCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
Feb 11, 2024CAI · Full4OOSMCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
Feb 7, 2024CAIII · Driver-only1MCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
Jan 11, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0MCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
Sep 2, 2023CAI · Full1MCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
Sep 2, 2023CAI · Full2MCD TRANSPORTATION INC 891748WP75418/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MCD TRANSPORTATION INC891748Sep 2, 2023Jun 8, 202623CA
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.
WP75418CAMCD TRANSPORTATION INCSep 2, 2023Jun 8, 202622
WP7518CAMCD TRANSPORTATION INCJul 10, 2024Jul 10, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 14, 2026