Avoiding NULL records on this LEFT JOIN - sql

Question

The query below works - EXCEPT - it is returning NULL values for vehicle_id. I do not want any records that have NULL for vehicle_id.
Since vehicle_id is tied to fund_series, this is complicated to me.
When I had the vehicle_id conditions underneath the WHERE, the query was not working. Any SQL geniuses that can help?
I put the MIN() aggregate functions in there just so I could get the GROUP BY to work.
SELECT DISTINCT
MIN(ml.pretty_file_name),
ml.filename,
MIN(ml.issued_date),
MIN(mr.rule_name),
MIN(mlob.line_of_business_name),
MIN(mt.media_type_name),
MAX(v.vehicle_name)
FROM Media_Live ml
JOIN Media_Type mt
ON mt.media_type_id = ml.media_type_id
JOIN Media_Rule mr
ON mr.rule_id = ml.rule_id
JOIN Media_Line_Of_Business mlob
ON mlob.line_of_business_id = ml.line_of_business_id
LEFT JOIN Fund_Class_Media fcm
ON fcm.media_id=ml.media_id
LEFT JOIN Fund_Class_Live fc
ON fc.fund_class_id = fcm.fund_class_id
LEFT JOIN Fund_Series fs
ON fs.fund_series_id = fc.fund_series_id
LEFT JOIN Vehicle AS v
ON v.vehicle_id=fs.vehicle_id AND /*THIS IS WHERE IM GETTING NULLS*/
(
v.vehicle_id = 1
OR v.vehicle_id = 2
OR v.vehicle_id = 5
)
LEFT JOIN Media_Media_Tag AS mmt ON mmt.media_id=ml.media_id
LEFT JOIN Media_Tag AS mtag ON mtag.tag_id=mmt.tag_id
WHERE
(/*people can search with terms for fc*/
--fc.fund_class_id LIKE '%'+replace(?,' ','%')+'%'
)
(
mt.media_type_id = 33
OR mt.media_type_id = 1
OR mt.media_type_id = 12
)
AND
(
mr.rule_id = 3
OR mr.rule_id = 9
)
AND
(
mtag.tag_name != 'exclude_web_lit_center'
)
GROUP BY ml.filename

Answer 1

This is what a left join does, allow nulls. Just take out the left join part making it an inner join.
JOIN Vehicle AS v ON v.vehicle_id=fs.vehicle_id AND v.vehicle_id IN (1,2,5)
You cold also do this, but I don't see why you would:
LEFT JOIN Vehicle AS v ON v.vehicle_id=fs.vehicle_id AND ISNULL(v.vehicle_id,0) IN (1,2,5)

Answer 2

In the WHERE clause, add:
AND v.Vehicl_Id IS NOT NULL
That should do it.