Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2004 Sterling Truck L9500 series

2FWJAZAV44AM87679 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
21 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 5
First seenAug 18, 2023
AL
Last seenMay 20, 2025
AL
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FWJAZAV44AM87679
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
L9500 series
Model year
2004
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
JAZAV

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
2004 or 2034

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

North American serial sequence
M87679

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 · 10 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
L9500 series

Prefix basis · 10 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
2004

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
STERLING TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
L9500 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 · Aug 18, 2023 – May 20, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 20, 2025ALII · Walk-around2OOSJ SMITTY TRUCKING LLC 346857922A0YED/AL
Nov 16, 2024ALII · Walk-around0J SMITTY TRUCKING LLC 346857922A0YED/AL
Apr 29, 2024ALII · Walk-around2J SMITTY TRUCKING LLC 346857922AO7YA/AL
Nov 15, 2023ALII · Walk-around1J SMITTY TRUCKING LLC 346857922A07YA/AL
Aug 18, 2023ALIII · Driver-only0J SMITTY TRUCKING LLC 346857922A07YA/AL
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
J SMITTY TRUCKING LLC3468579Aug 18, 2023May 20, 20255AL
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.
22A0YEDALJ SMITTY TRUCKING LLCNov 16, 2024May 20, 20252
22AO7YAALJ SMITTY TRUCKING LLCApr 29, 2024Apr 29, 20241
22A07YAALJ SMITTY TRUCKING LLCAug 18, 2023Nov 15, 20232
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 29, 2026