Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2004 Sterling Truck Acterra

2FZACGDC34AN57524 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
14 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 4
First seenMay 19, 2025
MD
Last seenJul 28, 2026
MD
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FZACGDC34AN57524
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
Acterra
Model year
2004
Body class
Truck
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
Decoded at
Aug 2, 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
ACGDC

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
2004 or 2034

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

North American serial sequence
N57524

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 · 15 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Acterra

Prefix basis · 15 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
2004

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
STERLING TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Acterra

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE

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

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · May 19, 2025 – Jul 28, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 28, 2026MDII · Walk-around0AVID SERVICES LLC 2250034363ED83/MD
Jul 8, 2026MDII · Walk-around1AVID SERVICES LLC 2250034363ED83/MD
Mar 25, 2026MDII · Walk-around0AVID SERVICES LLC 2250034363ED83/MD
May 19, 2025MDII · Walk-around2OOSAVID SERVICES LLC 2250034363ED83/MD
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
AVID SERVICES LLC2250034May 19, 2025Jul 28, 20264MD
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.
363ED83MD1AVID SERVICES LLCMay 19, 2025Jul 28, 20264
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 2, 2026