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2015 Thomas Built MVP-EF (Engine Front)

1T88S9E29F1286217 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 5
First seenSep 28, 2023
MD
Last seenSep 25, 2025
MD
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1T88S9E29F1286217
Make
Thomas Built
Model
MVP-EF (Engine Front)
Model year
2015
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
Decoded at
Jun 28, 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
1T8

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
8S9E2

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1985 or 2015

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

North American serial sequence
286217

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.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

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
2015

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
THOMAS BUILT

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
MVP-EF (Engine Front)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Bus - School Bus

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
BUS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • 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 · Sep 28, 2023 – Sep 25, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 25, 2025MDV · Vehicle-only0COMPTON BUS SERVICES INC 8419420278H/MD
Dec 9, 2024MDV · Vehicle-only0COMPTON BUS SERVICES INC 8419420278H/MD
May 13, 2024MDV · Vehicle-only0COMPTON BUS SERVICES INC 8419420278H/MD
Oct 26, 2023MDV · Vehicle-only0COMPTON BUS SERVICES INC 8419420278H/MD
Sep 28, 2023MDV · Vehicle-only2OOSCOMPTON BUS SERVICES INC 8419420278H/MD
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
COMPTON BUS SERVICES INC84194Sep 28, 2023Sep 25, 20255MD
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.
20278HMDCOMPTON BUS SERVICES INCSep 28, 2023Sep 25, 20255
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 28, 2026