Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2000 Sterling Truck A9500 series

2FWWHECB5YAF47748 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
15 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 4
First seenJul 11, 2023
FL
Last seenOct 28, 2024
FL
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FWWHECB5YAF47748
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
A9500 series
Model year
2000
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 12, 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
WHECB

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
F47748

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 · 5 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
A9500 series

Prefix basis · 5 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
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 · Jul 11, 2023 – Oct 28, 2024

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 28, 2024FLIII · Driver-only1M TRUCKING INC 3432760P3056G/FL
May 22, 2024FLII · Walk-around2M TRUCKING INC 3432760P3056G/FL
Mar 13, 2024FLII · Walk-around5OOSM TRUCKING INC 3432760P3056G/FL
Jul 11, 2023FLII · Walk-around3M TRUCKING INC 3432760P7308H/FL
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
M TRUCKING INC3432760Jul 11, 2023Oct 28, 20244FL
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.
P3056GFLM TRUCKING INCMar 13, 2024Oct 28, 20243
P7308HFLM TRUCKING INCJul 11, 2023Jul 11, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 12, 2026