Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2009 Sterling Truck A9500 series

2FWJA3CK49AAJ4391 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
9 mo
Inspections12
all-time
OOS inspections5
of 12
First seenOct 17, 2025
TX
Last seenJul 29, 2026
US
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FWJA3CK49AAJ4391
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
A9500 series
Model year
2009
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 17, 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
JA3CK

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
2009 or 2039

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

North American serial sequence
AJ4391

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 · 52 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
A9500 series

Prefix basis · 52 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
2009

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 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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 17, 2025 – Jul 29, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 29, 2026USIII · Driver-only1ENRIQUE BUENDIA GALICIA 298337241ES1A/MX
Apr 20, 2026USII · Walk-around5ENRIQUE BUENDIA GALICIA 298337241ES1A/MX
Feb 20, 2026USI · Full6OOSENRIQUE BUENDIA GALICIA 298337241ES1A/MX
Jan 30, 2026USI · Full6ENRIQUE BUENDIA GALICIA 298337241ES1A/TA
Jan 22, 2026TXI · Full2ENRIQUE BUENDIA GALICIA 298337241ES1A/MX
Dec 22, 2025TXI · Full6OOSENRIQUE BUENDIA GALICIA 298337241ES1A/MX
Dec 17, 2025USI · Full4ENRIQUE BUENDIA GALICIA 298337241ES1A/MX
Dec 16, 2025TXII · Walk-around2ENRIQUE BUENDIA GALICIA 298337241ES1A/MX
Dec 9, 2025TXI · Full6ENRIQUE BUENDIA GALICIA 298337241ES1A/MX
Oct 28, 2025USI · Full4OOSENRIQUE BUENDIA GALICIA 298337241ES1A/MX
Oct 23, 2025USI · Full9OOSENRIQUE BUENDIA GALICIA 298337241ES1A/TA
Oct 17, 2025TXI · Full5OOSENRIQUE BUENDIA GALICIA 298337241ES1A/MX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ENRIQUE BUENDIA GALICIA2983372Oct 17, 2025Jul 29, 202612TA
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.
41ES1AMX1ENRIQUE BUENDIA GALICIAOct 17, 2025Jul 29, 202610
41ES1ATAENRIQUE BUENDIA GALICIAOct 23, 2025Jan 30, 20262
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 17, 2026