Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2000 Sterling Truck L9500 series

2FZXEEDB8YAF65482 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
30 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections6
of 8
First seenFeb 9, 2024
HI
Last seenAug 11, 2026
HI
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FZXEEDB8YAF65482
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
L9500 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
Jun 25, 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
XEEDB

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

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
F65482

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 · 6 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
L9500 series

Prefix basis · 6 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
2000

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Feb 9, 2024 – Aug 11, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 11, 2026HIII · Walk-around14OOSHAWAIIAN STEAM INC 1036893982TTA/HI
Jun 24, 2026HIII · Walk-around12OOSHAWAIIAN STEAM INC 1036893982TTA/HI
Aug 20, 2025HIII · Walk-around6HAWAIIAN STEAM INC 1036893982TTA/HI
May 15, 2025HIII · Walk-around9OOSHAWAIIAN STEAM INC 1036893982TTA/HI
Feb 5, 2025HIIII · Driver-only1OOSHAWAIIAN STEAM INC 1036893982TTA/HI
Apr 19, 2024HIII · Walk-around3OOSHAWAIIAN STEAM INC 1036893982TTA/HI
Feb 16, 2024HIII · Walk-around7OOSHAWAIIAN STEAM INC 1036893982TTA/HI
Feb 9, 2024HIIII · Driver-only0HAWAIIAN STEAM INC 1036893982TTA/HI
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
HAWAIIAN STEAM INC1036893Feb 9, 2024Aug 11, 20268HI
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.
982TTAHI1HAWAIIAN STEAM INCFeb 9, 2024Aug 11, 20268
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 25, 2026