Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2000 Sterling Truck A9500 series

2FWYHWEB8YAG08554 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
6 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 4
First seenAug 13, 2025
TX
Last seenFeb 13, 2026
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FWYHWEB8YAG08554
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
YHWEB

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
G08554

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 · 9 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
A9500 series

Prefix basis · 9 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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 13, 2025 – Feb 13, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 13, 2026TXII · Walk-around8OOSJAMES NORMAN 198889425W208W/TX
Jan 23, 2026TXII · Walk-around24OOSJAMES NORMAN 198889461Z180W/TX
Jan 20, 2026TXII · Walk-around9OOSJAMES NORMAN 198889444W181W/TX
Aug 13, 2025TXII · Walk-around7OOSJAMES NORMAN 198889432X987V/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
JAMES NORMAN1988894Aug 13, 2025Feb 13, 20264TX
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.
25W208WTXJAMES NORMANFeb 13, 2026Feb 13, 20261
61Z180WTXJAMES NORMANJan 23, 2026Jan 23, 20261
44W181WTXJAMES NORMANJan 20, 2026Jan 20, 20261
32X987VTXJAMES NORMANAug 13, 2025Aug 13, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 12, 2026