Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2006 Sterling Truck Acterra

2FZACFCS36AW02869 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
33 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 5
First seenSep 20, 2023
RI
Last seenJun 4, 2026
MA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FZACFCS36AW02869
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
Acterra
Model year
2006
Body class
Truck
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 6: 19,501 - 26,000 lb (8,845 - 11,794 kg)
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
2FZ

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
ACFCS

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
2006 or 2036

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

North American serial sequence
W02869

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 · 37 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Acterra

Prefix basis · 37 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
2006

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
STERLING TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Acterra

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 6: 19,501 - 26,000 lb (8,845 - 11,794 kg)

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 20, 2023 – Jun 4, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 4, 2026MAIII · Driver-only3OOSJ & V TRUCKING CO INC 264413S87802/MA
Nov 10, 2025MAIII · Driver-only1J & V TRUCKING CO INC 264413S87802/MA
Aug 7, 2025MAI · Full5OOSJ & V TRUCKING CO INC 264413S87802/MA
Jul 29, 2024MAIII · Driver-only1J & V TRUCKING CO INC 264413S87802/MA
Sep 20, 2023RII · Full3OOSJ & V TRUCKING CO INC 264413S87802/MA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
J & V TRUCKING CO INC264413Sep 20, 2023Jun 4, 20265MA
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.
S87802MAJ & V TRUCKING CO INCSep 20, 2023Jun 4, 20265
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 29, 2026