Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2002 Sterling Truck A9500 series

2FWJA3CG62AJ78918 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
23 mo
Inspections14
all-time
OOS inspections5
of 14
First seenJun 14, 2023
TX
Last seenMay 27, 2025
US
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FWJA3CG62AJ78918
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
A9500 series
Model year
2002
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 16, 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
JA3CG

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
2002 or 2032

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

North American serial sequence
J78918

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 · 57 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
A9500 series

Prefix basis · 57 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
2002

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
STERLING TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
A9500 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 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)

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 · Jun 14, 2023 – May 27, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 27, 2025USI · Full6AUTOTRANSPORTES FRONTERIZOS MG SA DE CV 177053452EM8Y/MX
Mar 24, 2025USI · Full6AUTOTRANSPORTES FRONTERIZOS MG SA DE CV 177053452EM8Y/MX
Feb 14, 2025TXIII · Driver-only1AUTOTRANSPORTES FRONTERIZOS MG SA DE CV 177053452EM8Y/MX
Jan 15, 2025TXII · Walk-around3AUTOTRANSPORTES FRONTERIZOS MG SA DE CV 177053452EM8Y/MX
Dec 19, 2024TXII · Walk-around5AUTOTRANSPORTES FRONTERIZOS MG SA DE CV 177053452EM8Y/MX
Dec 5, 2024USI · Full9OOSAUTOTRANSPORTES FRONTERIZOS MG SA DE CV 177053452EM8Y/MX
Nov 5, 2024TXII · Walk-around10OOSAUTOTRANSPORTES FRONTERIZOS MG SA DE CV 177053452EM8Y/MX
Oct 17, 2024TXI · Full5AUTOTRANSPORTES FRONTERIZOS MG SA DE CV 177053452EM8Y/MX
Jun 19, 2024USII · Walk-around6AUTOTRANSPORTES FRONTERIZOS MG SA DE CV 177053452EM8Y/MX
May 20, 2024TXII · Walk-around1AUTOTRANSPORTES FRONTERIZOS MG SA DE CV 177053452EM8Y/MX
Apr 29, 2024USI · Full10OOSAUTOTRANSPORTES FRONTERIZOS MG SA DE CV 177053452EM8Y/TA
Mar 6, 2024TXII · Walk-around3AUTOTRANSPORTES FRONTERIZOS MG SA DE CV 177053452EM8Y/MX
Dec 8, 2023TXII · Walk-around4OOSAUTOTRANSPORTES FRONTERIZOS MG SA DE CV 177053452EM8Y/MX
Jun 14, 2023TXII · Walk-around10OOSAUTOTRANSPORTES FRONTERIZOS MG SA DE CV 177053452EM8Y/MX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
AUTOTRANSPORTES FRONTERIZOS MG SA DE CV1770534Jun 14, 2023May 27, 202514TA
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.
52EM8YMXAUTOTRANSPORTES FRONTERIZOS MG SA DE CVJun 14, 2023May 27, 202513
52EM8YTAAUTOTRANSPORTES FRONTERIZOS MG SA DE CVApr 29, 2024Apr 29, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026