Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2006 Sterling Truck Acterra

2FZMCHDJ46AW12051 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenMar 6, 2024
WA
Last seenMar 19, 2026
WA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FZMCHDJ46AW12051
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
Acterra
Model year
2006
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
MCHDJ

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

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
W12051

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
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 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 · Mar 6, 2024 – Mar 19, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 19, 2026WAIII · Driver-only2WASHINGTON CEDAR & SUPPLY CO INC 302944D76086J/WA
Jan 3, 2025WAIII · Driver-only0WASHINGTON CEDAR & SUPPLY CO INC 302944A87342Z/WA
Mar 6, 2024WAIII · Driver-only1WASHINGTON CEDAR & SUPPLY CO INC 302944A87342Z/WA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
WASHINGTON CEDAR & SUPPLY CO INC302944Mar 6, 2024Mar 19, 20263WA
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.
D76086JWAWASHINGTON CEDAR & SUPPLY CO INCMar 19, 2026Mar 19, 20261
A87342ZWAWASHINGTON CEDAR & SUPPLY CO INCMar 6, 2024Jan 3, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 2, 2026