Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2000 Sterling Truck A9500 series

2FWWHECB6YAF39609 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
23 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenJun 28, 2023
WI
Last seenMay 1, 2025
WI
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FWWHECB6YAF39609
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
A9500 series
Model year
2000
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 12, 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
WHECB

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
2000 or 2030

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

North American serial sequence
F39609

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 · 5 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
A9500 series

Prefix basis · 5 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
2000

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 28, 2023 – May 1, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 1, 2025WIIII · Driver-only4J MARTIN ENTERPRISES INC 278932188970Z/WI
May 15, 2024WII · Full4J MARTIN ENTERPRISES INC 278932162151Z/WI
Nov 9, 2023WIII · Walk-around3J MARTIN ENTERPRISES INC 278932162151Z/WI
Jun 28, 2023WIIII · Driver-only1J MARTIN ENTERPRISES INC 278932162151Z/WI
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
J MARTIN ENTERPRISES INC2789321Jun 28, 2023May 1, 20254WI
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.
88970ZWIJ MARTIN ENTERPRISES INCMay 1, 2025May 1, 20251
62151ZWIJ MARTIN ENTERPRISES INCJun 28, 2023May 15, 20243
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 12, 2026