Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2000 Sterling Truck A9500 series

2FZYHXYB0YAH00990 · Truck-Tractor · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
31 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 5
First seenJul 19, 2023
OH
Last seenFeb 24, 2026
OH
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FZYHXYB0YAH00990
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
A9500 series
Model year
2000
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 29, 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
YHXYB

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

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
H00990

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
A9500 series

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck-Tractor

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 19, 2023 – Feb 24, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 24, 2026OHII · Walk-around5HARRY K SOWERS 2090854PWZ9561/OH
Nov 5, 2025OHII · Walk-around3HARRY K SOWERS 2090854PWZ9561/OH
Feb 14, 2025OHIII · Driver-only0HARRY K SOWERS 2090854PWZ9561/OH
Jul 24, 2024OHIII · Driver-only0HARRY K SOWERS 2090854PWZ9561/OH
Jul 19, 2023OHII · Walk-around4OOSHARRY K SOWERS 2090854PMQ7472/OH
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
HARRY K SOWERS2090854Jul 19, 2023Feb 24, 20265OH
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.
PWZ9561OHHARRY K SOWERSJul 24, 2024Feb 24, 20264
PMQ7472OHHARRY K SOWERSJul 19, 2023Jul 19, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 29, 2026