Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2008 Sterling Truck A9500 series

2FWJA3CV48AY78363 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
36 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 7
First seenJun 30, 2023
CA
Last seenJun 4, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FWJA3CV48AY78363
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
A9500 series
Model year
2008
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
2FW

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
JA3CV

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
2008 or 2038

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

North American serial sequence
Y78363

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 · 85 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
A9500 series

Prefix basis · 85 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
2008

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jun 30, 2023 – Jun 4, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 4, 2026CAI · Full1CAL FREIGHT TRANSPORT LLC 21730269E70885/CA
Jul 5, 2024CAII · Walk-around1OOSCAL FREIGHT TRANSPORT LLC 21730269E70885/CA
May 18, 2024USI · Full3OOSCAL FREIGHT TRANSPORT LLC 21730269E70885/CA
Apr 10, 2024CAII · Walk-around0CAL FREIGHT TRANSPORT LLC 21730269E70885/CA
Dec 4, 2023USIII · Driver-only0CAL FREIGHT TRANSPORT LLC 21730269E70885/CA
Sep 8, 2023USIII · Driver-only0CAL FREIGHT TRANSPORT LLC 21730269E70885/CA
Jun 30, 2023CAI · Full3CAL FREIGHT TRANSPORT LLC 21730269E70885/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CAL FREIGHT TRANSPORT LLC2173026Jun 30, 2023Jun 4, 20267CA
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
9E70885CACAL FREIGHT TRANSPORT LLCJun 30, 2023Jun 4, 20267
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026