Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2008 Sterling Truck Acterra

2FZACGBS38AZ07735 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
25 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenNov 15, 2023
NE
Last seenDec 15, 2025
NE
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FZACGBS38AZ07735
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
Acterra
Model year
2008
Body class
Truck
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
Decoded at
Aug 2, 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
ACGBS

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

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
Z07735

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 · 8 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Acterra

Prefix basis · 8 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
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 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 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 · Nov 15, 2023 – Dec 15, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 15, 2025NEIII · Driver-only0WASTE CONNECTIONS OF NEBRASKA INC 89365451581A/NE
Oct 29, 2025NEIII · Driver-only0WASTE CONNECTIONS OF NEBRASKA INC 89365451581A/NE
Nov 15, 2023NEIII · Driver-only1WASTE CONNECTIONS OF NEBRASKA INC 893654051581A/NE
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
WASTE CONNECTIONS OF NEBRASKA INC893654Nov 15, 2023Dec 15, 20253NE
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.
51581ANEWASTE CONNECTIONS OF NEBRASKA INCOct 29, 2025Dec 15, 20252
051581ANEWASTE CONNECTIONS OF NEBRASKA INCNov 15, 2023Nov 15, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 2, 2026