Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2007 Sterling Truck LC Series Car Hauler

2FZHCMCV17AZ31522 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
20 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 4
First seenNov 30, 2023
PA
Last seenJul 11, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2FZHCMCV17AZ31522
Make
Sterling Truck
Model
LC Series Car Hauler
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
HCMCV

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

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
Z31522

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 · 14 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
LC Series Car Hauler

Prefix basis · 14 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
LC Series Car Hauler

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 30, 2023 – Jul 11, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 11, 2025CAIII · Driver-only1KWIK TRANS INC 20386941AE22H/MA
Mar 28, 2024LAII · Walk-around4OOSKWIK TRANS INC 20386941AE22H/MA
Jan 12, 2024VAIII · Driver-only1KWIK TRANS INC 20386941AE22H/MA
Nov 30, 2023PAII · Walk-around1KWIK TRANS INC 20386941AE22H/MA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
KWIK TRANS INC2038694Nov 30, 2023Jul 11, 20254MA
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.
1AE22HMAKWIK TRANS INCNov 30, 2023Jul 11, 20254
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 12, 2026