Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD18GSGZ3252 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
18 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenFeb 11, 2025
OR
Last seenAug 27, 2026
ID
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLD18GSGZ3252
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
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
JGLD1

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

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
GZ3252

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 · 73 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 73 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 73 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 73 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 73 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 · Feb 11, 2025 – Aug 27, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 27, 2026IDI · Full1IMPERIAL EXPRESS LLC 1835758YAJM867/OR
Apr 29, 2026WYIII · Driver-only0IMPERIAL EXPRESS LLC 1835758YAJM867/OR
Oct 6, 2025ORIII · Driver-only0IMPERIAL EXPRESS LLC 1835758YAJM867/OR
Mar 4, 2025UTI · Full3IMPERIAL EXPRESS LLC 1835758YAJM867/OR
Feb 11, 2025ORIII · Driver-only0IMPERIAL EXPRESS LLC 1835758YAJM867/OR
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
IMPERIAL EXPRESS LLC1835758Feb 11, 2025Aug 27, 20265OR
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.
YAJM867OR1IMPERIAL EXPRESS LLCFeb 11, 2025Aug 27, 20265
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 12, 2026