Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2003 Sterling Truck A9500 series

2FWBA2AN73AK66118 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
26 mo
Inspections10
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 10
First seenMar 19, 2024
NJ
Last seenMay 28, 2026
NY
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FWBA2AN73AK66118
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
A9500 series
Model year
2003
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
Decoded at
Jun 19, 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
2FW

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
BA2AN

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
2003 or 2033

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

North American serial sequence
K66118

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
2003

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
TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Mar 19, 2024 – May 28, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 28, 2026NYII · Walk-around3EUGENE A GUBALA 607318AG48278/PA
Mar 6, 2026PAII · Walk-around3OOSEUGENE A GUBALA 607318AG48278/PA
Oct 9, 2025CTIII · Driver-only1EUGENE A GUBALA 607318AG48278/PA
Apr 15, 2025PAIII · Driver-only0EUGENE A GUBALA 607318AG48278/PA
Nov 12, 2024NYIII · Driver-only1EUGENE A GUBALA 607318AG48278/PA
Nov 11, 2024OHII · Walk-around1EUGENE A GUBALA 607318AG48278/PA
Oct 12, 2024NJI · Full0EUGENE A GUBALA 607318AG48278/PA
Aug 30, 2024PAIII · Driver-only1EUGENE A GUBALA 607318AG48278/PA
Apr 25, 2024CTI · Full0EUGENE A GUBALA 607318AG48278/PA
Mar 19, 2024NJIII · Driver-only0EUGENE A GUBALA 607318AG48278/PA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
EUGENE A GUBALA607318Mar 19, 2024May 28, 202610PA
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
AG48278PAEUGENE A GUBALAMar 19, 2024May 28, 202610
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 19, 2026