Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2005 Sterling Truck L8500 series

2FWBAVDC25AN34698 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
7 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenFeb 21, 2025
PA
Last seenSep 1, 2025
PA
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FWBAVDC25AN34698
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
L8500 series
Model year
2005
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
Decoded at
Aug 2, 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
2FW

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
BAVDC

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
2005 or 2035

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

North American serial sequence
N34698

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
STERLING TRUCK

Prefix basis · 7 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
L8500 series

Prefix basis · 7 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Not established

No sourced model-line label is established.

No source established for this field.

Generation
Not established

No sourced generation label is established.

No source established for this field.

Cab type
Not established

No sourced cab label is established.

No source established for this field.

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
2005

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
STERLING TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
L8500 series

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 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Feb 21, 2025 – Sep 1, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 1, 2025PAIII · Driver-only1UNITED CDL TRAINING SCHOOL LLC 424479347831F/MD
Apr 10, 2025PAIII · Driver-only3UNITED CDL TRAINING SCHOOL LLC 424479347831F/MD
Feb 21, 2025PAII · Walk-around2UNITED CDL TRAINING SCHOOL LLC 424479347831F/MD
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
UNITED CDL TRAINING SCHOOL LLC4244793Feb 21, 2025Sep 1, 20253PA
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.
47831FMDUNITED CDL TRAINING SCHOOL LLCFeb 21, 2025Sep 1, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 2, 2026