Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Prevost H3 Passenger Coach

2PCH33498HC713589 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
35 mo
Inspections35
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 35
First seenAug 4, 2023
US
Last seenJul 22, 2026
US
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2PCH33498HC713589
Make
Prevost
Model
H3 Passenger Coach
Model year
2017
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 14, 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
2PC

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
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
713589

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
2017

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

  • 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 · Aug 4, 2023 – Jul 22, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 22, 2026USI · Full0—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K199712/TX
Mar 23, 2026USI · Full1—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K199712/TX
Mar 19, 2026TXI · Full1OOSTORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K199712/TX
Mar 6, 2026TXI · Full2—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K199712/TX
Jan 15, 2026USIII · Driver-only0—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K199712/TX
Dec 30, 2025USIII · Driver-only0—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K199712/TX
Dec 24, 2025USI · Full0—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K199712/TX
Nov 19, 2025TXI · Full2—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K199712/TX
Oct 27, 2025USIII · Driver-only0—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K199712/TX
Oct 22, 2025USIII · Driver-only0—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K199712/TX
Sep 27, 2025TXI · Full0—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K199712/TX
Jul 29, 2025USI · Full0—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K199712/TX
Jul 8, 2025USI · Full1—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K199712/TX
Jul 4, 2025USI · Full1—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K199712/TX
Jun 30, 2025USI · Full2—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K199712/TX
May 8, 2025USI · Full2—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K199712/TX
Feb 27, 2025USI · Full0—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K199712/TX
Feb 18, 2025TXI · Full1OOSTORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K199712/TX
Feb 6, 2025USI · Full1—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K199712/TX
Jan 9, 2025USIII · Driver-only0—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K199712/TX
Nov 21, 2024TXI · Full1—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K151536/TX
Aug 14, 2024USI · Full0—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K151536/TX
Jul 24, 2024USIII · Driver-only0—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K151536/TX
Jul 17, 2024USIII · Driver-only0—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K151536/TX
May 28, 2024TXI · Full0—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K151536/TX
Apr 25, 2024USI · Full2—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K151536/TX
Apr 16, 2024TXI · Full1—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K151536/TX
Apr 5, 2024USIII · Driver-only0—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K151536/TX
Mar 26, 2024USIII · Driver-only0—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K151536/TX
Jan 5, 2024USIII · Driver-only0—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K151536/MX
Dec 20, 2023USI · Full0—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K151535/MX
Dec 8, 2023USII · Walk-around2—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K151536/TX
Sep 12, 2023TXI · Full0—TORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K151536/TX
Aug 8, 2023USI · Full1OOSTORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K151536/TX
Aug 4, 2023USI · Full4OOSTORNADO BUS COMPANY 565859K151536/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TORNADO BUS COMPANY565859Aug 4, 2023Jul 22, 202635TX
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.
K199712TX1TORNADO BUS COMPANYJan 9, 2025 → Jul 22, 202620
K151536TX—TORNADO BUS COMPANYAug 4, 2023 → Nov 21, 202413
K151536MX—TORNADO BUS COMPANYJan 5, 2024 → Jan 5, 20241
K151535MX—TORNADO BUS COMPANYDec 20, 2023 → Dec 20, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 14, 2026