Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2002 Sterling Truck L9500 series

2FZHAZAS32AK09506 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
12 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 2
First seenOct 8, 2024
FL
Last seenOct 24, 2025
FL
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FZHAZAS32AK09506
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
L9500 series
Model year
2002
Body class
Truck
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Sep 6, 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
HAZAS

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
2002 or 2032

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

North American serial sequence
K09506

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 · 118 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
L9500 series

Prefix basis · 118 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
2002

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
STERLING TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
L9500 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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 8, 2024 – Oct 24, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 24, 2025FLIII · Driver-only0RAMSEYS SPECIALTY WELDING LLC 4234207P8497F/FL
Oct 8, 2024FLIII · Driver-only0RAMSEYS SPECIALTY WELDING LLC 4234207P8497F/FL
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RAMSEYS SPECIALTY WELDING LLC4234207Oct 8, 2024Oct 24, 20252FL
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.
P8497FFLRAMSEYS SPECIALTY WELDING LLCOct 8, 2024Oct 24, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Sep 6, 2026