Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2015 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLD59FSGC6768 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
21 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 7
First seenAug 21, 2023
MO
Last seenMay 26, 2025
SD
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLD59FSGC6768
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2015
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
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1985 or 2015

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
GC6768

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
2015

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 · Aug 21, 2023 – May 26, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 26, 2025SDII · Walk-around3EMPIRE FREIGHT SYSTEM INC 1546562XP28525/CA
Aug 13, 2024ILIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE FREIGHT SYSTEM INC 1546562XP28525/CA
Jun 27, 2024CAI · Full3EMPIRE FREIGHT SYSTEM INC 1546562XP28525/CA
Jun 20, 2024NEIII · Driver-only3EMPIRE FREIGHT SYSTEM INC 1546562XP28525/CA
Oct 20, 2023LAIII · Driver-only2EMPIRE FREIGHT SYSTEM INC 1546562XP28525/CA
Aug 27, 2023CAII · Walk-around2EMPIRE FREIGHT SYSTEM INC 1546562XP28525/CA
Aug 21, 2023MOI · Full7OOSEMPIRE FREIGHT SYSTEM INC 1546562XP28525/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
EMPIRE FREIGHT SYSTEM INC1546562Aug 21, 2023May 26, 20257CA
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.
XP28525CAEMPIRE FREIGHT SYSTEM INCAug 21, 2023May 26, 20257
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026