Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2000 Sterling Truck A9500 series

2FWYHWEB8YAG94786 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 8
First seenSep 12, 2023
CO
Last seenSep 12, 2025
CO
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FWYHWEB8YAG94786
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
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
YHWEB

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

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
G94786

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 · 9 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
A9500 series

Prefix basis · 9 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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Sep 12, 2023 – Sep 12, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 12, 2025COI · Full6OOSBELT SALVAGE COMPANY 2018VZO597/CO
Feb 12, 2025COIII · Driver-only0BELT SALVAGE COMPANY 2018VZO597/CO
Dec 13, 2024COII · Walk-around0BELT SALVAGE COMPANY 2018VZO597/CO
Oct 25, 2024COII · Walk-around1OOSBELT SALVAGE COMPANY 2018VZO597/CO
Jul 26, 2024COIII · Driver-only0BELT SALVAGE COMPANY 2018VZO579/CO
Apr 19, 2024COIII · Driver-only0BELT SALVAGE COMPANY 2018VZO597/CO
Sep 19, 2023COIII · Driver-only0BELT SALVAGE COMPANY 2018VZO597/CO
Sep 12, 2023COIII · Driver-only1BELT SALVAGE COMPANY 2018VZO597/CO
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BELT SALVAGE COMPANY2018Sep 12, 2023Sep 12, 20258CO
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.
VZO597COBELT SALVAGE COMPANYSep 12, 2023Sep 12, 20257
VZO579COBELT SALVAGE COMPANYJul 26, 2024Jul 26, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026