Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2022 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter

W1Z4DGHY7NT097736 · Van · BUS
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenDec 7, 2023
NY
Last seenDec 30, 2025
NY
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
W1Z4DGHY7NT097736
Make
Mercedes-Benz
Model
Sprinter
Model year
2022
Body class
Van
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 2H: 9,001 - 10,000 lb (4,082 - 4,536 kg)
Decoded at
Jul 19, 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
W1Z

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
4DGHY

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1992 or 2022

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

North American serial sequence
Not established

Not asserted outside North American WMIs; positions 12–17 may follow another regional convention.

No source established for this field.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Make
MERCEDES-BENZ

Prefix basis · 3 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Sprinter

Prefix basis · 3 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
2022

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
MERCEDES-BENZ

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Sprinter

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Van

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
BUS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 2H: 9,001 - 10,000 lb (4,082 - 4,536 kg)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • serial sequence (positions 12–17 are only asserted for North American VINs)
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Dec 7, 2023 – Dec 30, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 30, 2025NYII · Walk-around0RW EXPRESS LLC 1361156OL8922H/NJ
Oct 15, 2024NYII · Walk-around1RW EXPRESS LLC 1361156OL8922H/NJ
Dec 22, 2023NYI · Full0RW EXPRESS LLC 13611560L8922H/NJ
Dec 7, 2023NYIII · Driver-only0RW EXPRESS LLC 13611560L8922H/NJ
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RW EXPRESS LLC1361156Dec 7, 2023Dec 30, 20254NY
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.
OL8922HNJRW EXPRESS LLCOct 15, 2024Dec 30, 20252
0L8922HNJRW EXPRESS LLCDec 7, 2023Dec 22, 20232
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 19, 2026