Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2007 Sterling Truck A9500 series

2FWJA3CK17AY24457 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
11 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections5
of 5
First seenOct 15, 2024
TX
Last seenSep 16, 2025
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FWJA3CK17AY24457
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
A9500 series
Model year
2007
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 29, 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
JA3CK

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
2007 or 2037

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

North American serial sequence
Y24457

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 · 52 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
A9500 series

Prefix basis · 52 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
2007

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 · Oct 15, 2024 – Sep 16, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 16, 2025TXII · Walk-around8OOSACOSTA PRESTIGE 421708073U357N/TX
May 15, 2025TXI · Full13OOSACOSTA PRESTIGE 421708042Z867V/TX
Apr 8, 2025TXII · Walk-around19OOSACOSTA PRESTIGE 421708010T053N/TX
Oct 22, 2024TXII · Walk-around11OOSACOSTA PRESTIGE 421708071S802M/TX
Oct 15, 2024TXII · Walk-around18OOSACOSTA PRESTIGE 421708089R798M/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ACOSTA PRESTIGE4217080Oct 15, 2024Sep 16, 20255TX
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.
73U357NTXACOSTA PRESTIGESep 16, 2025Sep 16, 20251
42Z867VTXACOSTA PRESTIGEMay 15, 2025May 15, 20251
10T053NTXACOSTA PRESTIGEApr 8, 2025Apr 8, 20251
71S802MTXACOSTA PRESTIGEOct 22, 2024Oct 22, 20241
89R798MTXACOSTA PRESTIGEOct 15, 2024Oct 15, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 29, 2026