Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2002 Sterling Truck L9500 series

2FZHAZAS62AK04574 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
11 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 3
First seenFeb 21, 2024
KS
Last seenJan 1, 2025
KS
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FZHAZAS62AK04574
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
L9500 series
Model year
2002
Body class
Truck
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
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
HAZAS

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
2002 or 2032

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

North American serial sequence
K04574

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 · 118 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
L9500 series

Prefix basis · 118 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
2002

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

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE

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 · Feb 21, 2024 – Jan 1, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 1, 2025KSII · Walk-around8JOSH HARTNESS LOGGING LLC 2481768209655/KS
Apr 24, 2024KSIII · Driver-only4JOSH HARTNESS LOGGING LLC 2481768209655/KS
Feb 21, 2024KSII · Walk-around6OOSJOSH HARTNESS LOGGING LLC 2481768209655/KS
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
JOSH HARTNESS LOGGING LLC2481768Feb 21, 2024Jan 1, 20253KS
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.
209655KSJOSH HARTNESS LOGGING LLCFeb 21, 2024Jan 1, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 2, 2026