Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2008 Sterling Truck L8500 series

2FZMAWBS78AZ89059 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
17 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenJul 18, 2023
KS
Last seenDec 4, 2024
KS
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FZMAWBS78AZ89059
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
L8500 series
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
MAWBS

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

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
Z89059

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.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

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
L8500 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

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jul 18, 2023 – Dec 4, 2024

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 4, 2024KSII · Walk-around0BROWN'S TRUCKING LLC 346597870908/KS
Jun 8, 2024KSII · Walk-around1BROWN'S TRUCKING LLC 3465978709908/KS
Jul 18, 2023KSIII · Driver-only0BROWN'S TRUCKING LLC 3465978709908/KS
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BROWN'S TRUCKING LLC3465978Jul 18, 2023Dec 4, 20243KS
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.
70908KSBROWN'S TRUCKING LLCDec 4, 2024Dec 4, 20241
709908KSBROWN'S TRUCKING LLCJul 18, 2023Jun 8, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 2, 2026