Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Gillig Low Floor Bus

15GGD2716G1186864 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
16 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 2
First seenApr 8, 2024
CA
Last seenAug 13, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
15GGD2716G1186864
Make
Gillig
Model
Low Floor Bus
Model year
2016
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
Decoded at
Aug 9, 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
15G

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
GD271

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

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

North American serial sequence
186864

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
GILLIG

Prefix basis · 31 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Low Floor Bus

Prefix basis · 31 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
2016

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
GILLIG

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Low Floor Bus

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

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Apr 8, 2024 – Aug 13, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 13, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0RIVERSIDE TRANSIT AGENCY 28090321372198/CA
Apr 8, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0RIVERSIDE TRANSIT AGENCY 28090321372221/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RIVERSIDE TRANSIT AGENCY2809032Apr 8, 2024Aug 13, 20252CA
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.
1372198CARIVERSIDE TRANSIT AGENCYAug 13, 2025Aug 13, 20251
1372221CARIVERSIDE TRANSIT AGENCYApr 8, 2024Apr 8, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 9, 2026