Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD54GSGY9430 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under3
13 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 5
First seenMar 20, 2024
GA
Last seenApr 9, 2025
GA
Inspected under 3 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.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLD54GSGY9430
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 30, 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
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

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
GY9430

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 · Mar 20, 2024 – Apr 9, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 9, 2025GAIII · Driver-only1GG CARGO GROUP INC 3148669A005538/SC
Mar 13, 2025INIII · Driver-only3GG CARGO GROUP INC 3148669A005538/SC
Dec 30, 2024NMIII · Driver-only0SAM CITY GROUP LLC 3288070A005538/SC
Dec 23, 2024CAI · Full2OOSSAM CITY GROUP LLC 3288070A00538/SC
Mar 20, 2024GAIII · Driver-only2TIGEN INC 3351633A001841/SC
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
GG CARGO GROUP INC3148669Mar 13, 2025Apr 9, 20252VA
SAM CITY GROUP LLC3288070Dec 23, 2024Dec 30, 20242IL
TIGEN INC3351633Mar 20, 2024Mar 20, 20241NC
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.
A005538SCGG CARGO GROUP INCMar 13, 2025Apr 9, 20252
A005538SCSAM CITY GROUP LLCDec 30, 2024Dec 30, 20241
A00538SCSAM CITY GROUP LLCDec 23, 2024Dec 23, 20241
A001841SCTIGEN INCMar 20, 2024Mar 20, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 30, 2026