Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2008 Sterling Truck Acterra

2FZHCHBS68AZ55007 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
11 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 3
First seenAug 9, 2024
TX
Last seenJul 8, 2025
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FZHCHBS68AZ55007
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
Acterra
Model year
2008
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
HCHBS

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

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
Z55007

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 · 12 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Acterra

Prefix basis · 12 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 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 · Aug 9, 2024 – Jul 8, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 8, 2025TXII · Walk-around6EL CLAVO SALES COMPANY INC 2106526PVH1977/TX
Apr 8, 2025TXII · Walk-around9OOSEL CLAVO SALES COMPANY INC 2106526PVH1977/TX
Aug 9, 2024TXII · Walk-around7OOSEL CLAVO SALES COMPANY INC 2106526PVH1977/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
EL CLAVO SALES COMPANY INC2106526Aug 9, 2024Jul 8, 20253TX
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.
PVH1977TXEL CLAVO SALES COMPANY INCAug 9, 2024Jul 8, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 2, 2026