Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2000 Sterling Truck L8500 series

2FZXBLCB5YAG73721 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
23 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 3
First seenMay 22, 2024
MO
Last seenApr 30, 2026
MO
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FZXBLCB5YAG73721
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
L8500 series
Model year
2000
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
XBLCB

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
2000 or 2030

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

North American serial sequence
G73721

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
2000

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 · May 22, 2024 – Apr 30, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 30, 2026MOII · Walk-around3BIG WHEEL NATIONAL TRACKING LLP 2148428P1248711/IL
Nov 7, 2025MOII · Walk-around1OOSBIG WHEEL NATIONAL TRACKING LLP 2148428O1248711/IL
May 22, 2024MOII · Walk-around1BIG WHEEL NATIONAL TRACKING LLP 2148428XXXX/IL
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BIG WHEEL NATIONAL TRACKING LLP2148428May 22, 2024Apr 30, 20263IL
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.
P1248711ILBIG WHEEL NATIONAL TRACKING LLPApr 30, 2026Apr 30, 20261
O1248711ILBIG WHEEL NATIONAL TRACKING LLPNov 7, 2025Nov 7, 20251
XXXXILBIG WHEEL NATIONAL TRACKING LLPMay 22, 2024May 22, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 2, 2026