Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2025 Prevost H3 Passenger Coach

2P9H33498SC001418 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
3 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 2
First seenOct 31, 2025
NY
Last seenJan 12, 2026
NY
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 3 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2P9H33498SC001418
Make
Prevost
Model
H3 Passenger Coach
Model year
2025
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Not decoded
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
2P9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
H3349

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1995 or 2025

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

North American serial sequence
001418

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
PREVOST

Prefix basis · 70 decoded VINs at 98.6% prefix purity.

Model
H3 Passenger Coach

Prefix basis · 70 decoded VINs at 98.6% 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
2025

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
PREVOST

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
H3 Passenger Coach

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Bus

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
BUS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Not established

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 · Oct 31, 2025 – Jan 12, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 12, 2026NYIII · Driver-only0ADIRONDACK TRANSIT LINES INC 11739551804PF/NY
Oct 31, 2025NYIII · Driver-only0PASSENGER BUS CORPORATION 58457551804PF/NY
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ADIRONDACK TRANSIT LINES INC117395Jan 12, 2026Jan 12, 20261NY
PASSENGER BUS CORPORATION584575Oct 31, 2025Oct 31, 20251NY
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.
51804PFNYADIRONDACK TRANSIT LINES INCJan 12, 2026Jan 12, 20261
51804PFNYPASSENGER BUS CORPORATIONOct 31, 2025Oct 31, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Sep 6, 2026