Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2007 Sterling Truck L8500 series

2FZHAWDA67AY16251 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
12 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 4
First seenNov 27, 2024
KY
Last seenNov 20, 2025
KY
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FZHAWDA67AY16251
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
L8500 series
Model year
2007
Body class
Truck
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
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
2FZ

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
HAWDA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
2007 or 2037

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

North American serial sequence
Y16251

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 · 8 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
L8500 series

Prefix basis · 8 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
2007

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
STERLING TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
L8500 series

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 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 · Nov 27, 2024 – Nov 20, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 20, 2025KYI · Full2SUPERIOR AG RESOURCES COOPERATIVE INC 3325043692177/IN
Sep 9, 2025INII · Walk-around3OOSSUPERIOR AG RESOURCES COOPERATIVE INC 3325043692177/IN
Jan 31, 2025INI · Full2OOSSUPERIOR AG RESOURCES COOPERATIVE INC 3325043692177/IN
Nov 27, 2024KYI · Full2OOSSUPERIOR AG RESOURCES COOPERATIVE INC 332504A444699/IN
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SUPERIOR AG RESOURCES COOPERATIVE INC332504Nov 27, 2024Nov 20, 20254IN
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.
3692177INSUPERIOR AG RESOURCES COOPERATIVE INCJan 31, 2025Nov 20, 20253
A444699INSUPERIOR AG RESOURCES COOPERATIVE INCNov 27, 2024Nov 27, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 12, 2026